Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Barracas Central & River Plate face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
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 Barracas and River Plate.
Barracas Central form and stats
Last season their Copa Argentina adventure ended in the 16th finals.A strong away win for Barracas Central against Talleres Cordoba the last match, as Mater and Sepúlveda were on target. Bandiera, a natural forward, was the declared top player for the team in that fixture, earning a rating of 7.54 (out of 10). Bandiera served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Barracas had a Superliga home game versus San Lorenzo which ended with a victory 2-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Barracas Central, as the Superliga home game vs Argentinos Juniors is only three days away.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Barracas Central friendly games in pre-season: Barracas Central played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Barracas Central scored 0 goals and conceded 4 in these one game.
River Plate form and stats
River's mission in Copa Argentina last season failed in the 8th finals.River Plate have lots to to set right after their shock loss (0-2) to Godoy Cruz in their previous match, played at their own home ground. Simón got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Simón hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 33 successful passes (of 38 total).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Superliga trip to Velez Sarsfield.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. River Plate have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Fernández 8 goals |   N. Bandiera 7 goals | B. Sepúlveda 5 goals |
Barracas Central missing players
River Plate missing players
| Barracas Central | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 50 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 79% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.1 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 14.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 42% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 31% | ||
| 13 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 7.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
