Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Independiente & Talleres Córdoba 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 Independiente and Talleres Córdoba.
Independiente form and stats
Independiente was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Copa Argentina.Independiente's last game was hosting Newell's Old Boys and winning 1-0. Batallini (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Batallini hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the game before, an away victory in the Superliga match versus Union Santa Fe with a 1-0 scoreline.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Independiente have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Independiente are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Arsenal de Sarandi awaits in three days.
Talleres Córdoba form and stats
Last season their Copa Argentina adventure ended in the finals.Two away matches in a row for Talleres Córdoba, whose coach Gandolfi could celebrate last time after the win against River Plate. Ortegoza came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against River Plate last time out, making the manager Gandolfi feel like a tactical genius. Catalán was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.0. The defender Catalán hit one key pass and won 7 of 13 duels.
Before that, Talleres secured a home win against Colón with the score 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Talleres Córdoba in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Talleres Córdoba, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Talleres Córdoba are hosting Lanus in the Superliga only four days away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Independiente wins - draws - Talleres Córdoba wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Benegas 9 goals | L. Fernández 8 goals |  D. Valoyes Ruíz 5 goals |
Independiente missing players
Talleres Córdoba missing players
| Independiente | Talleres Córdoba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 40% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12.5 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.7 | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 24% | ||
| 10.8 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | ||
