National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's River Plate or Talleres Córdoba that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
River Plate form and stats
Last season, River Plate's Copa Argentina journey ended in the quarter-finals.River Plate lost their last game at Barracas Central after a 1-2 scoreline. The attacking player Borja won the honour of being "man of the match" for River with the rating of 7.14/10. Borja scored one goal.
A home win before that, as anticipated. The team were solid favourites against The Strongest and won 2-0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Colón are coming to town in one day.
River Plate have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; River Plate scored {6 goals} and let in {0 goals} during these three games.
Talleres Córdoba form and stats
Talleres Córdoba was sent out of Copa Argentina in the finals last season.Talleres Córdoba played 1-1 against Godoy Cruz in their previous match.
A 1-2 defeat away at Lanús before that.Talleres have another match away in just two sleeps, a Superliga game versus Sarmiento. A back-breaking diary for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
River Plate-Talleres Córdoba H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: River Plate three wins, Talleres Córdoba six wins, zero draws. three of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last nine duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Rosadilla 13 goals |   L. Beltrán 9 goals |  N. Bustos 6 goals |
River Plate missing players
Talleres Córdoba missing players
| River Plate | Talleres Córdoba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 48 | 28 | Scored | S | 22 | 40 | ||
| 23 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 20% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 17.5 | 19.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 13.2 | ||
| 6.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 35% | ||
| 9.6 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | ||
