Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Belgrano & Estudiantes face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Estudiantes played their last game only three days ago, a Superliga match.
Belgrano form and stats
Last season, Belgrano's Copa Argentina journey ended in the 16th finals.Home games in the Primera B Nacional have been a walk in the park for Belgrano so far, with 31 points won from 11 matches; 10 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Belgrano enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nueva Chicago's place. The match ended 1-0 with Vegetti scoring.
Before that, Belgrano had a Primera B Nacional home game versus Almagro which ended with a victory 2-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Belgrano, as the Primera B Nacional home game vs Deportivo Maipu is only three days away.
Belgrano have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio 15 de Abril with 18 goals in 11 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Belgrano have only let in 5 goals at home.
Estudiantes form and stats
Last season their Copa Argentina adventure ended in the 1st round.Estudiantes played 2-2 against Central Cordoba SdE in their previous match. It looked so good for Estudiantes vs Central Cordoba SdE, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Attacker Díaz got a player rating of 8.82 in the game. "Man of the match" Díaz scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Estudiantes manager Zielinski as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Tigre.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Belgrano four wins, zero draws and Estudiantes two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Boselli 11 goals |   P. Vegetti Pfaffen 8 goals | L. Díaz 7 goals |
Belgrano missing players
Estudiantes missing players
| Belgrano | Estudiantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 45 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7.6 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 11.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 56% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 42% | ||
| 7.5 | 4.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Belgrano | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 52 |
| 2 | San Martin Tucuman | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | Instituto | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 41 |
| 4 | All Boys | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Brown de Adrogue | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Gimnasia Mendoza | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 36 |
| 7 | Estudiantes Rio Cuarto | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | San Martin San Juan | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 35 |
| 9 | Almagro | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Deportivo Madryn | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 34 |
| 11 | Independiente Rivadavia | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 33 |
| 12 | Chaco For Ever | 23 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 33 |
| 13 | Deportivo Riestra | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 |
| 14 | Chacarita Juniors | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 31 |
| 15 | Defensores de Belgrano | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 31 |
| 16 | Estudiantes Caseros | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 31 |
| 17 | Guillermo Brown | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 31 |
| 18 | Agropecuario | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 19 | Deportivo Maipu | 23 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 20 | Club Atletico Guemes | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 28 |
| 21 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 22 | Quilmes | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 26 |
| 23 | Gimnasia Jujuy | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 26 |
| 24 | Deportivo Moron | 23 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 25 |
| 25 | Atletico Mitre | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 26 | Almirante Brown | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 25 |
| 27 | Alvarado | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | -14 | 25 |
| 28 | Nueva Chicago | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -8 | 24 |
| 29 | Temperley | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 30 | Atlanta | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 22 |
| 31 | San Telmo | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -14 | 22 |
| 32 | Sacachispas | 22 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 33 | Tristan Suarez | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
| 34 | Atletico Rafaela | 23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 35 | Flandria | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 20 |
| 36 | Villa Dalmine | 22 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -13 | 17 |
| 37 | Deportivo Santamarina | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -25 | 14 |
