- Estudiantes and Talleres are in solid form, both with three wins, one draw and one loss in their last five.
- Talleres has scored seven goals in seven away matches in Liga Profesional - Apertura 2026 (Won 3, Drawn 2)
- Estudiantes sits 2nd in the Liga Profesional - Apertura 2026 table with 27 points from 14 matches, one place and three points above 7th-placed Talleres de Cordoba (24).
Estudiantes and Talleres could be too close to call
Two of Argentina’s best managers with contrasting styles will try to outwit each other in Saturday’s late game in the Apertura with Alexander Medina’s disciplined Estudiantes de la Plata taking on Carlos Tévez’s direct Talleres de Cordoba. Both teams have been in good form, with the Estudiantes de la Plata vs Talleres de Cordoba prediction suggesting there should be little to separate the teams when the full-time whistle goes.
Medina took over the hosts in February 2026 and has brought a structure and style to the squad that has immediately raised their level. His teams are compact, disciplined and highly-efficient in transition where they look to exploit the space behind opponents once they have been drawn out of their own half.
Estudiantes comes into this clash on the back of a three-game winning streak, which included a 2-1 home win over Union Santa Fe and a 1-0 victory at Instituto de Cordoba. They average 1.57 per game at home, where they have won five of their seven fixtures.
Tiago Palacios’ pace has added a new dimension to Los Leones
Adolfo Gaich has bagged three goals in eight appearances in the Liga Profesional - Apertura 2026 to lead the Estudiantes scoring charts, but the recent form of Tiago Palacios has added a different dynamic to their attacking play. According to this Estudiantes de la Plata vs Talleres de Cordoba prediction, his pace has given them a new threat in the final third.
Tévez has built a team in his own image at Talleres, where the emphasis is on attacking football, physicality and getting the ball in behind the opponents as quickly as possible. He has achieved a high-tempo, direct style of play that looks to get at the wide areas and penetrate in numbers.
Augusto Schott has been in the goals of late with two in Talleres’ last five, but Valentín Davila is the club’s best finisher in the Liga Profesional - Apertura 2026 with four from 13 appearances. The Estudiantes de la Plata vs Talleres de Cordoba preview also highlights that Tévez’s men come into this matchup on the back of a pair of wins, beating Defensa y Justicia away and Deportivo Riestra at home by multiple goals.
Both teams to score - No appeals
Talleres have won three and drawn two of their seven away matches, so they are a tough nut to crack and the odds of 3.61 for the visitors to take all three points on Saturday appear a bit too high when you consider the home side is 2.21 with the draw at 2.96.
However, our Estudiantes de la Plata vs Talleres de Cordoba prediction is that Estudiantes will just have the edge in this clash given they have home-field advantage and have been in slightly better form than Talleres recently. The fact that Medina knows the opposition so well, and the contrasting styles of the two teams should make it a game of chess, which could go either way.
For those looking for guidance, the Estudiantes de la Plata vs Talleres de Cordoba betting tips suggest staying away from the draw because Talleres have not won at Estudiantes in recent encounters, although they did win the most recent clash 1-0 at home in Liga Profesional 2024. Both sides are defensively solid, so the Both teams to score - No market at 1.63 looks best suited to the likely outcome of a low-scoring, hard-fought contest.
