Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Estudiantes & Independiente Chivilcoy face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are active days for the hometeam, as they were in action only four days ago in the Superliga. That game was an away game at Arsenal de Sarandi, so at least Estudiantes are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Estudiantes form and stats
Estudiantes participated in Copa Argentina the last season, where they reached the round of 32.Estudiantes shared the glory with Arsenal de Sarandi in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfielder Godoy was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Godoy scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Preceding that match was the home Superliga game against Tigre that was lost 1-2.Estudiantes have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 0 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Estudiantes have scored {3 goals} and conceded 4 times.
Independiente Chivilcoy form and stats
Last season their Copa Argentina adventure ended in the 1st round.It might be tough going out on the road again for Independiente, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Olimpo.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Gimnasia y Tiro (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) in the Torneo Federal A.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Salvaggio 10 goals | F. Cáseres 7 goals | M. Lamolla 4 goals |
Estudiantes missing players
Independiente Chivilcoy missing players
| Estudiantes | Independiente Chivilcoy | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 6 | ||
| 24 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 36 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 16 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 32% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.8 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 21% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 40% | ||
| 12.4 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 7.3 | ||
| 4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
