National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Banfield or Unión Santa Fe that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Banfield nor Unión Santa Fe as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Banfield form and stats
Banfield participated in Copa Argentina the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.The Banfield crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Unión Santa Fe here at Estadio Florencio Solá. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Enrique, having scored in three matches in a row. The striker Enrique won the honour of being "man of the match" for Banfield with the rating of 8.0/10. Enrique scored two goals and hit one key pass.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Boca Juniors.Unión Santa Fe form and stats
They also participated in Copa Argentina last season. This ended in the 1st round.It's the second away game in a row for Unión Santa Fe, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Banfield last time out. Defender Esquivel was the best team player with a rating of 7.81. Esquivel signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and won 5 of 10 duels.
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Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these participants: Banfield won four, Unión Santa Fe were winners in three and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  G. Galoppo 8 goals |  R. Enrique Paz 6 goals |   J. Alvez Sagar 5 goals |
Banfield missing players
Unión Santa Fe missing players
| Banfield | Unión Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 33 | ||
| 27 | 19 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11.6 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | ||
| 9.8 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.3 | ||
