Boca Juniors vs. Estudiantes Betting Tips: Best bets for Primera Division clash in Buneos Aires

Boca Juniors take on Estudiantes on Saturday in Buenos Aires and we’ve picked out our two best bets for the Argentinian Primera Division clash.

Ahead of their Copa Libertadores final with Fluminense next Saturday Boca must take on Estudiantes in domestic proceedings. They currently sit 10th in the Argentine top-flight table with this weekend’s visitors to La Bombonera just one point behind them in 12th. 

Taking a look at the match result odds for this one and the home side are the favourites to collect all three points, priced at 7/5 to do so. The draw is available at 11/5, while an away win for Estudiantes is chalked-up at 21/10 with most betting sites.

For our main selection on Saturday we are backing the home side to come out victorious and have taken a bit of the 7/5 that is available with bet365.

The competition for places in the starting XI for the Libertadores final will be high within the Boca camp and I expect plenty of players to use this as an audition to showcase their quality. 

Like many teams, Estudiantes often struggle when visiting this ground and have lost three of their last four trips to La Bombonera. Over the last couple of months they have won just two of their last eight games on the road, losing four of those. Estudiantes have struggled for goals of late and have seen seven of their last nine feature Under 2.5 goals. Boca have plenty of work to do domestically to close the gap between themselves and the top of the table and a home looks good value here at 7/5. 

We’ve also opted for a small punt on Boca’s Miguel Merentiel to score anytime in the match, which is currently best-priced with Sky bet at 11/4. 

The 27-year-old Uruguayan has scored 7 goals in 16 appearances across all competitions in home matches this season. In front of his own fans he averages just under 2 shots per game and with five goals in his last 11 matches, we think he looks a shade too big in the anytime scorer market at 11/4.