Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Atlético Tucumán & Independiente 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 Independiente when visiting Atlético Tucumán as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Atlético Tucumán and Independiente.
Atlético Tucumán form and stats
Atlético participated in Copa Argentina the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.The home team returns to Estadio Monumental Presidente José Fierro after drawing with Huracan on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Bianchi was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.63 out of 10. The defender Bianchi won 4 of 7 duels.
Previous to that game, a Superliga home match hosting Lanus in a game that was won 2-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Atlético Tucumán, as the Superliga home game vs Godoy Cruz is only four days away.
Independiente form and stats
They also participated in Copa Argentina last season. This ended in the 16th finals.Independiente are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Estudiantes. Midfielder Fernández was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Fernández scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Talleres Córdoba.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Superliga trip to Patronato.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Atlético six wins, one draw and Independiente three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  L. Benegas 6 goals |  R. Carrera 3 goals | C. Menéndez 3 goals |
Atlético Tucumán missing players
Independiente missing players
| Atlético Tucumán | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 21 | 16 | Scored | S | 18 | 37 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 22% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 33% | ||
| 10.4 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 8.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
