Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Barracas Central & Boca Juniors face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Barracas Central and Boca Juniors.
Barracas Central form and stats
Barracas Central was eliminated in the round of 32 last season in the Copa Argentina.Happy days for Barracas in their previous game, a fixture away at Tigre that ended with a 1-0 victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Rondina when Cantero scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute. Díaz was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.25 out of 10. The defender Díaz won 6 of 7 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Argentinos Juniors that ended 0-0.Boca Juniors form and stats
Boca Juniors was sent out of Copa Argentina in the semi-finals last season.Boca Juniors play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Gimnasia La Plata. Midfield player Fernández was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.93/10. Fernández served one assist, hit five key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Huracan in the Superliga.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Newell's Old Boys in just four days.
Boca Juniors played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. In these two matches Boca Juniors scored 0 and conceded {0 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - zero - three (Barracas wins - draws - Boca Juniors wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Merentiel Serrano 7 goals |  B. Sepúlveda 5 goals | I. Tapia 4 goals |
Barracas Central missing players
Boca Juniors missing players
| Barracas Central | Boca Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Scored | S | 11 | 33 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 32% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 8 | 10 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | ||
| 11.2 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 10.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | ||
