Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Racing Club & San Martín Tucumán face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams have little in common geographically as San Martín Tucumán have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Racing have less rest than San Martín Tucumán in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Superliga game only two days ago. That game was an away game at Colón, so at least Racing Club are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Racing Club form and stats
Racing Club was eliminated in the round of 32 last season in the Copa Argentina.Happy days for Racing in their previous game, a fixture away at Colón that ended with a 4-0 victory. As mentioned above, Racing Club "killed" Colón in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The striker Romero was announced as "man of the match" for Racing Club with the rating of 8.01/10. Romero scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
A home win ahead of that game, as anticipated. The team were solid favourites against Nublense and won 4-0.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Racing as they have a new game in only one day, a Superliga match thankfully also at home. San Lorenzo are visiting.
San Martín Tucumán form and stats
Last season their Copa Argentina adventure ended in the 1st round.San Martín Tucumán's last game was the home draw against Nueva Chicago (1-1).
Prior to that result San Martín Tucumán won their away game at All Boys in the Primera B Nacional. The scoreline was 1-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Primera B Nacional trip to Temperley.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Dening 11 goals |   M. Rojas Romero 6 goals |  G. Hauche 5 goals |
Racing Club missing players
San Martín Tucumán missing players
| Racing Club | San Martín Tucumán | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 41 | 24 | Scored | S | 6 | 29 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 27% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 32% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12.6 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 40% | ||
| 11.4 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.1 | ||
