National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ferro Carril Oeste or Boca Juniors that keep their silverware dream alive.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ferro Carril Oeste form and stats
The story so far in the Primera B Nacional for Ferro Carril Oeste at their home stadium (Estadio Carlos Augusto Mercado Luna) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Happy days for Ferro Carril Oeste in their previous game, a fixture away at Estudiantes Caseros that ended with a 2-1 victory.
Before that, Carril had a Primera B Nacional home game versus Deportivo Santamarina which ended with a victory 1-0.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ferro Carril Oeste here at Estadio Carlos Augusto Mercado Luna in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 8 games). Carril's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Last season their Copa Argentina adventure ended in the finals.The supporters enjoyed Boca Juniors's previous game versus Arsenal de Sarandi, a 2-1 win played at home. Zeballos, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.45. Zeballos served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Superliga trip to Central Cordoba SdE.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Díaz 7 goals |   D. Benedetto 7 goals | S. Villa Cano 6 goals |
Ferro Carril Oeste missing players
Boca Juniors missing players
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Boca Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Scored | S | 11 | 35 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 20% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.1 | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 41 |
| 2 | Brown de Adrogue | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 34 |
| 3 | San Martín Tucumán | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | All Boys | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Instituto | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Gimnasia Mendoza | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
| 7 | Almagro | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 28 |
| 8 | Chacarita Juniors | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 9 | Independiente Rivadavia | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | Guillermo Brown | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Estudiantes Caseros | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 12 | Chaco For Ever | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 13 | San Martin San Juan | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 25 |
| 14 | Estudiantes Rio Cuarto | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 25 |
| 15 | Deportivo Madryn | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 16 | Agropecuario | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 17 | Nueva Chicago | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 18 | Deportivo Maipu | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 19 | Quilmes | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 20 | Defensores de Belgrano | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 21 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 22 | Deportivo Riestra | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 21 |
| 23 | Alvarado | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -9 | 21 |
| 24 | Atlanta | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 25 | Gimnasia Jujuy | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 26 | Club Atletico Guemes | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 19 |
| 27 | Almirante Brown | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 28 | Deportivo Moron | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 29 | Temperley | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 30 | Atletico Rafaela | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 31 | Atletico Mitre | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 32 | Sacachispas | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 33 | San Telmo | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 34 | Flandria | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 35 | Villa Dalmine | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -8 | 14 |
| 36 | Tristan Suarez | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 10 |
| 37 | Deportivo Santamarina | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 10 |
