Overview
- Gimnasia y Esgrima will play Platense at the Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie on Friday at 18:30 with live TV coverage on TNT Sports.
- Fermín Antonini is suspended after collecting his fifth yellow card and Nahuel Barboza is expected to replace him in central midfield.
- Gimnasia sits seventh with 20 points and needs a home win to consolidate a playoff spot with only three rounds remaining.
- Platense arrives winless in three matches, sits 13th with 11 points, and must recover form on the road while also managing its Copa Argentina run.
- Gimnasia’s nine-match unbeaten home run under Darío Franco and the match officials (referee Hernán Mastrángelo, VAR Germán Delfino) were confirmed in pregame reports.