Corinthians vs Estudiantes L.P.Prediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Corinthians finished the group phase top of their section with 11 points from six matches: three wins, two draws and one defeat, 8 goals scored and 4 conceded. In detail that is two wins and a defeat in the three home games, with 4 goals for and 2 against, and a win with two draws in the three on the road, again 4 scored and 2 conceded. Neither half of the campaign was more productive than the other. The recent run tells a different story. Their latest outing is the 1-1 away at Estudiantes L.P.; before that came three straight defeats, 1-2 at home to Chapecoense-sc, 0-1 also at home to Santos and 1-2 at Coritiba. Further back a 1-0 at home over Rosario Central. Estudiantes L.P. closed their group in second with 9 points from six games: two wins, three draws and one defeat, 6 goals scored and 5 conceded. At home two wins and a draw in three matches, with 4 goals for and 2 against; away two draws and a defeat in three, 2 scored and 3 conceded. Their recent run also starts with the 1-1 against Corinthians; before that the 0-1 at Velez Sarsfield, further back the 0-0 at home with Newells Old Boys, the 3-1 again at home over Barracas Central and, deeper still, the 0-2 at Sarmiento Junin. There are three head-to-head meetings and none produced more than two goals in total. The most recent is the 1-1 of 10 September 2026, played at Estudiantes L.P.; before it, on 30 August 2023, Estudiantes L.P. won 1-0 on their own ground, while a week earlier, on 23 August, Corinthians had won 1-0 in front of their own crowd. The competition average is 2.33 goals per game. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.