Estudiantes, which seeks to get closer to the League Cup qualifying zone and secure a place in the 2024 Copa Libertadores, receives Gimnasia this Sunday in the La Plata classic, distressed in the fight to stay in the first division, in an interzonal match valid for the seventh day. The La Plata classic will be played at the Jorge Luis Hirsch-UNO stadium from 5 p.m., with the arbitration of Fernando Echenique, the VAR of Fernando Espinoza and televised by TNT Sports. Estudiantes has five units in Zone B and after not having won in the first five dates, with two draws and three losses, and just achieved a victory in its last presentation against Newell's. After being left out of the Copa Sudamericana against Corinthians of Brazil in the quarterfinals, "Pincha" advanced in the Argentine Cup to the quarterfinals after having left Independiente on the road. Eduardo Domínguez's team has 50 units in the annual table, for now it qualifies for the Copa Sudamericana and is close to the Copa Libertadores positions, therefore the three points at stake against "Lobo" are very important. Domínguez did not have the best debut as coach of Estudiantes in the classics when on March 19, "Pincha" fell 2 to 1 in the forest after being undefeated in 20 head-to-head matches. Gimnasia, with six points in Zone A, has a bad time in the last places of the annual table, with 36 units, in a definition that will not be suitable for the faint of heart regarding the team that will go down to the First National at the end of the year. "Tripero" played some games against direct rivals, with a victory against Vélez (2-1 at home) and defeats against Colón 2-0 away), Independiente (in La Plata, 2-1) and Huracán (in Parque de los Patricians, 2-0). Morbidity will be the order of the day in the classic in the Buenos Aires capital since Estudiantes have the possibility of dealing a hard blow to their traditional rival if they beat them. In the general history there were 174 La Plata classics with a clear advantage for "Pincha" of 64 victories against 48 and 62 draws. The most paradoxical thing is that both teams have not won in the Estudiantes stadium for many years. The local team has not won for 18 years when they won 1-0 with a goal from José Luis Calderón, while "Tripero" has not done so for 20 years when they won 4-2, in the last classic in the old stadium, before it was remodeled. . On the new field, two draws were recorded in 2021 without goals and without an audience due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the remaining one in 2022 with a 1 to 1 equality.