National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Argentinos Juniors or Deportivo Armenio 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.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
Last season, Argentinos Juniors's Copa Argentina journey ended in the round of 32.No payout for Argentinos in their previous match, an away game at River Plate that ended in defeat 1-2. The versatile forward Ávalos edged out all teammates in that match and got a match rating of 7.62 out of 10. Ávalos hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Previous to that game, a Superliga home match hosting Racing Club in a game that was won 1-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Argentinos Juniors, as the Superliga home game vs Belgrano is only four days away.
Deportivo Armenio form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera B Metropolitana travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Two away games in a row for Deportivo Armenio, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Dock Sud.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Defensores Unidos.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting UAI Urquiza in just four days.
{1 goals} so far away for Deportivo Armenio, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Mac Allister 1 goals | R. Cabral 1 goals |
Argentinos Juniors missing players
Deportivo Armenio missing players
| Argentinos Juniors | Deportivo Armenio | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Scored | S | 13 | 24 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 36% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 7.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.9 | ||
| 25% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 35% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dock Sud | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Argentino Merlo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | San Miguel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | UAI Urquiza | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Canuelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Acassuso | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Argentino Quilmes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Ituzaingo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Deportivo Merlo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Deportivo Armenio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 11 | Sacachispas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Colegiales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 13 | Talleres Remedios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Comunicaciones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Fénix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Los Andes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Villa San Carlos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
