Estudiantes L.P. vs Flamengo Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent Form

Flamengo's recent sample covers Serie A, the Libertadores and a handful of friendlies, and it shows a side winning regularly: 14 wins from 20 matches, with 43 goals scored and just 15 conceded. That's a big volume of games and includes some lighter friendly fixtures, so it's worth taking a bit of the gloss off.

Estudiantes L.P.: 20 completed matches; Flamengo: 20 completed matches.

Estudiantes L.P.

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

24

Conceded

19

Difference

+5

Flamengo

20 matches

Win

70% 14 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

5% 1 / 20

Scored

43

Conceded

15

Difference

+28

Estudiantes' form comes mostly from Liga Profesional Argentina and the Copa Argentina. They've split their 20 games fairly evenly - 8 wins, 4 draws, 8 losses - and conceded more than they've scored. It's a mixed picture rather than a clear trend in either direction.

Flamengo look sharper in front of goal across a wider base of matches, but neither domestic sample tells us much about how either side sets up specifically for this Libertadores tie.

Comparative Team Statistics: Estudiantes L.P. vs Flamengo

A Familiar Opponent

These two have crossed paths four times recently, all in the Libertadores. The home side has won three of those four meetings, with the away side managing only one win and a draw.

Scorelines have stayed tight throughout - 2-1, 1-0, 1-1 and 1-0 - suggesting neither club has found it straightforward to control games away from their own ground.

That pattern points to home advantage carrying real weight in this specific fixture, whatever the current form lines suggest.

Where This Sits In The Group

The table here reflects an earlier phase of this Libertadores campaign, when Flamengo won five of their six games and topped it with 16 points. Estudiantes were some way behind, winning only twice but still doing enough to progress with nine points.

Players To Watch

Bruno Henrique and Gonzalo de Arrascaeta have carried much of Flamengo's attacking threat, contributing nine goals between them across their recent samples, with Pedro also chipping in regularly as a creator.

Estudiantes L.P.:

Best scorers:

G. Carrillo - 3

T. Palacios - 3

Penalty cards:

T. Palacios x 6

Lucas Ezequiel Piovi x 5

Flamengo:

Best scorers:

Bruno Henrique - 5

G. de Arrascaeta - 4

Penalty cards:

Jorginho x 1 x 1

For Estudiantes, Guillermo Carrillo and Tomas Palacios have been their main source of goals. Palacios and Lucas Piovi have both picked up a lot of yellow cards recently, which is worth keeping an eye on in a competitive tie like this.

Palacios' card record makes him a suspension risk if the referee is strict early on.

How It Could Play Out

Flamengo arrive with the stronger recent numbers and were clearly the better side across the earlier group phase. But Estudiantes have won or drawn three of the last four meetings between these clubs, all with home advantage on their side.

Put those together and this looks like a fixture where the host's record against this exact opponent could offset Flamengo's broader form edge.