Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gimnasia La Plata & Patronato face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Gimnasia La Plata and Patronato.
Gimnasia La Plata form and stats
Gimnasia La Plata participated in Copa Argentina the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.The Gimnasia regulars got no joy from their last match, a Copa Argentina duel also played here at Estadio Centenario del Club Atlético Sarmiento: A 1-2 defeat against Patronato.
Previous to that game, a Superliga home match hosting Godoy Cruz in a game that was won 2-0.Patronato form and stats
Last season their Copa Argentina adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Two travels in a row for Patronato, whose coach Sava could celebrate last time after the Copa Argentina win against Gimnasia La Plata.
Before that, Patronato travelled to Banfield and returned home with a draw after the Superliga game finished 0-0.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Patronato when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 7 matches with the visitors losing 6 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the squads played each other previously this campaign; Gimnasia - Patronato 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Gimnasia La Plata victories, three draws and two Patronato wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Tarragona 10 goals | B. Alemán Athaydes 9 goals | E. Ramírez 5 goals |
Gimnasia La Plata missing players
Patronato missing players
| Gimnasia La Plata | Patronato | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.9 | ||
| 6 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 7 | 8 | ||
| 12.7 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 31% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 25% | ||
| 10.2 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 12 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.1 | ||
