The Estudiantes de La Plata team is preparing to face Sarmiento de La Banda in Santa Fe, as part of the 32nd round of the Copa Argentina. Both teams will debut in this competition in a match that will take place at the 15 de abril stadium of Unión de Santa Fe, officiated by Luis Lobo Medina and broadcast live on TyC Sports at 18:10.
Estudiantes arrives at this match with great enthusiasm after achieving a victory in their last game against Central Córdoba of Santiago del Estero by 3-2, despite having been at a disadvantage of 2-0. In the 2025 Apertura Tournament, the team showed good performance by debuting with a victory against Unión, drawing without goals against Huracán, and defeating Racing and Banfield, among other matches.
In the standings of Zone A, Estudiantes is in first position with 15 points, although Argentinos Juniors has one game less played. The team's coach is Eduardo Domínguez.
On the other hand, Sarmiento de La Banda has not yet started its season in the Federal A, which is the Third Division of Argentine football. The team had a notable previous campaign, reaching the final for promotion to Primera Nacional in 2024, where they lost to Los Andes by 1-0.
The probable lineups for the match are as follows: Estudiantes (LP): Matías Mansilla; Santiago Arzamendia, Santiago Núñez, Sebastián Boselli, Eric Meza; Gabriel Neves, Santiago Ascacibar; Cristian Medina, José Sosa, Tiago Palacios; Luciano Giménez. Sarmiento (LB): Juan Mendonça; Agustín Solveyra, Rodrigo Herrera, Arian Giordano, Axel Ochoa; Gaspar Triverio, Pablo López, Nicolás Juárez, Nahuel Speck; Israel Roldán and Claudio Vega.
This match marks the beginning of both teams' participation in the 2025 Copa Argentina and promises to be an exciting game in pursuit of advancing to the next stage of the tournament.
