Estudiantes L.P. vs Instituto Cordoba 3-3

Estudiantes L.P. and Instituto Cordoba drew 3-3 after a frantic second half in La Plata, with the visitors twice building a cushion before Estudiantes pulled it back. A late equaliser from Fabricio Pérez, who came on in the 85th minute, fixed the score at 3-3.

Instituto Cordoba went ahead in the 3rd minute through Facundo Ezquel Suarez, and that stayed the only goal before half-time. The visitors then took control without adding another, and Estudiantes went into the break 0-1 down.

Leonel Mosevich made it 2-0 in the 48th minute from Alex Luna's assist, and Jhon Córdoba, who came on in the 40th minute, added the third in the 52nd minute, again set up by Luna. Estudiantes then found a route back. Guido Carrillo struck in the 58th minute from Lucas Piovi's pass, Tiago Palacios scored in the 65th minute to make it 2-3, and Pérez levelled six minutes from time from Edwuin Cetre's assist after both had come off the bench in the 85th minute. Estudiantes also went down to 10 men when Santiago Núñez was sent off in the 50th minute, while Instituto protected the lead through three changes in the 60th minute.

The numbers matched the pattern of the match. Estudiantes had 74% of the ball, made 549 passes to Instituto's 176, and had more shots, 15 to 9, and more efforts on target, 8 to 5. They also led xG, 2.03 to 1.16, and corners, 6 to 2, but Instituto still made 5 saves to Estudiantes' 2 and stayed level on offsides at 2 apiece.

Bookings were spread across both sides, with Estudiantes shown 3 yellow cards and Instituto 5. Santiago Núñez's caution came before his red card, while Lucas Piovi, Santiago Núñez, Alexis Castro, Eros Nazareno Mancuso and Fabricio Pérez were all booked for Estudiantes, and Fernando Alarcon, Diego Alejandro Sosa, Leonel Mosevich, Hernán De La Fuente and Agustín Nicolás Massaccesi were booked for Instituto.