National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's San Lorenzo or Platense 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.
San Lorenzo form and stats
San Lorenzo participated in Copa Argentina the last season, where they reached the 1st round.A nice win for San Lorenzo last time playing, versus Rosario Central. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Braida scoring for the victors. Attacking player Barrios edged out all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.65 out of 10. Barrios hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 10 of 14 times and had 30 successful passes (of 33 total).
A home win ahead of that game, as expected. The team were big favourites against Estudiantes Merida and won 4-1.
San Lorenzo are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Racing Club awaits in one day.
Platense form and stats
They also participated in Copa Argentina last season. This ended in the 1st round.Home advantage was not enough for Platense in their previous game as they lost hosting Lanus, 0-1. Defender Vazquez was the best team player with a rating of 7.44. Vazquez won 7 of 7 duels.
Preceding that game was the away Superliga victory against Arsenal de Sarandi with the score of 2-0.Platense have another fixture away in just one nights, a Superliga game against Godoy Cruz. A difficult timetable for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
San Lorenzo have managed a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (3-2-0) when playing Platense.Top Goalscorers
  N. Servetto 6 goals |  A. Vombergar 5 goals |  A. Bareiro Gamarra 4 goals |
San Lorenzo missing players
Platense missing players
| San Lorenzo | Platense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 9 | 26 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 16 | 28 | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 24% | 7% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 64% | 86% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 28% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.3 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | ||
| 9.6 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 12 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
