A Copa Sudamericana match between Estudiantes Mérida and Palestino will hold on May 25th, 2023, Thursday, in South America, check the Estudiantes Mérida vs Palestino betting tip 2023 to win with your bets.
Stadium and City where Estudiantes Mérida vs Palestino will occur
This match will take place on May 25th, 2023 at 00:00h (UTC). Estudiantes Mérida team will try to take advantage of the fact that they play at home since the match will occur at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida stadium, in the city of Mérida. This is something significant to consider when predicting since in the Copa Sudamericana the home field factor usually makes a lot of difference.
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Introduction to the Estudiantes Mérida vs Palestino betting tip 2023
Since the beginning of this competition, there has been a pattern regarding the winners. Usually, the winners are either Brazilian or Argentine clubs. Will this year the pattern occur again?
The Copa Sudamericana competition is in the Group Stage.
The Estudiantes Mérida team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Palestino has been more irregular.
The previous match between these teams was a cliffhanger.
The last preceding match between these two teams was from 19-04-2023. The match was valid for the 2023 season of the Copa Sudamericana, and it ended with a 1-0 win for Palestino.
Estudiantes Mérida
Estudiantes Mérida come into this match with zero points in 4th place of Group H in the Copa Sudamericana, in a campaign that has a total of 0 wins, 3 losses, and 0 draws.
If the Copa Sudamericana were to conclude now, the Estudiantes Mérida team would be out of the qualification for the next round, since they are in the position 4 of the group. However, with 3 games still to play, Estudiantes Mérida can still reach the position 2 on the league table and can get a maximum of 9 points if they win their remaining matches.
Estudiantes Mérida analysis
Estudiantes Mérida arrives from a defeat in the last match they played. The contest against Carabobo, valid for the Primera Division, ended with a score of 2-0 in favor of the rivals.
Currently, in the Primera Division, the Estudiantes Mérida formation has 5 wins, 7 defeats and 2 draws, thus obtaining a total of 17 points after 14 rounds, ranking them in 10th place. In addition to these data, it can be seen that the Estudiantes Mérida team goes with a total of 22 goals scored and 24 goals conceded.
An average of 4 shots on goal per game is certainly not exciting for Estudiantes Mérida, which is therefore a team that does not score many goals, nor does it particularly engage the goalkeepers. This will be an important factor to consider when evaluating the match.
To control the game, the Estudiantes Mérida team would try to achieve an average ball possession of 64%. This is because teams would have some control over their opponents if they had ball possession above 50%.
The Estudiantes Mérida team comes from a defeat in the Copa Sudamericana, and its coach José Alí Cañas Navas wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.
Palestino
Palestino comes into this game with 4 points, and in 3rd place in Group H of the Copa Sudamericana, having won 1 game in total, having lost 1 game, plus a total of 1 draw.
If the Copa Sudamericana were to conclude now, the Palestino team would be out of the qualification for the next round, since they are in the position 3 of the group. However, with 3 games still to play, Palestino can still reach the position 1 on the league table and can get a maximum of 13 points if they win their remaining matches.
Palestino analysis
On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Primera Division, Palestino, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the O’Higgins team with a final score of 0-1.
Currently, in the Primera Division, the Palestino team has 5 wins, 6 defeats and 4 draws, thus obtaining a total of 19 points after 15 rounds, ranking them in 11th place. In addition to these data, it can be seen that the Palestino team goes with a total of 21 goals scored and 27 goals conceded.
The team has shown its limits in attack, scoring 1 goals per game on average in the league. When we also consider that it will be playing away, we can imagine how the oddsmakers are not on its side.
Best goalscorer from Palestino
Individually, the team’s most offensive player in the competition so far is Misael Dávila. The Midfielder has scored 2 times in the current season and has helped Palestino come out with a positive result on several occasions.
Bet suggestions for this game:
Goals Top Betting Tips
Palestino has conceded 0 away goals in 1 away match. Here the recommended bet will be that Palestino will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 1-0, something to take into consideration.
Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.
Taking into consideration that Palestino scores an average of 1 goal per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.
Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.7.
Betting on goals
Both Estudiantes Mérida and Palestino do not have an outstanding offensive record so far in the competition, with an average of 1 and 1 goals scored, respectively. Therefore, a good alternative for this game is to bet on the under 2.5, since due to the teams’ characteristics, there might be few goals in the match. You can do this at Bet365. The odds of 1.7 are pretty attractive.
More betting tips
One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 2.5 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.
This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.
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Estudiantes Mérida vs Palestino betting tip 2023: FAQ
The match will be played on May 25th, 2023, Thursday.
The match will take place at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida stadium in Mérida.
The last time these teams faced each other was in Copa Sudamericana match, referring to the 2023 season, and ended with a 1-0 result for Palestino.
For this match, the probability indicates that the net is more likely to swing between 75-90 minutes.
The bookmaker with the best odds for this match is Bet365!