Perhaps a welcome break from league football as San Martín San Juan & Vélez Sarsfield face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's quite the trip for Vélez Sarsfield when visiting Martín as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
San Martín San Juan form and stats
Last season, San Martín San Juan's Copa Argentina journey ended in the 16th finals.In their previous game, the manager Monasterio led his Martín to a defeat away at Almirante Brown. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Julio César Villagra.
Before that, San Martín San Juan had a Primera B Nacional home game versus Deportivo Moron which ended with a victory 4-0.Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
Last season their Copa Argentina adventure ended in the round of 16.Sarsfield are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Sarmiento. Jara was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.84. The defender Jara scored one goal and won 5 of 6 duels.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Godoy Cruz in the Superliga.A quick return to home after this game, as Vélez Sarsfield are hosting Union Santa Fe in the Superliga only two days away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Martín victories, zero draws and two Vélez Sarsfield wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Janson 4 goals |  S. González Valdéz 3 goals |  M. Donato 3 goals |
San Martín San Juan missing players
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
| San Martín San Juan | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 30 | 20 | Scored | S | 8 | 26 | ||
| 25 | 6 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.5 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 34% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 32% | ||
| 7 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
