Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Boca Juniors & Argentinos Juniors face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Juniors saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Superliga. Thankfully the previous game, versus Gimnasia La Plata, was also a home game here at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas. The away team is better rested.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Boca Juniors participated in Copa Argentina the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.This match is a Copa Argentina match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Juniors's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Gimnasia La Plata. Carlos Izquierdoz, defender, was given a rating of 7.65/10 in that game, top of the team. Izquierdoz won 8 of 10 duels.
A Superliga defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Velez Sarsfield.Argentinos Juniors form and stats
They also participated in Copa Argentina last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Total Copa Argentina statistics for Argentinos Juniors: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Argentinos Juniors seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The manager D. Castagno was unhappy after their last game, a Superliga match played at their home ground Estadio Diego Armando Maradona. Argentinos suffered a 0-1 loss to Lanus. It is not a good sign for Argentinos Juniors that their keeper Federico Lanzillota made seven saves in the Lanus fixture, but still could not save them from a defeat. César Florentín got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, top player of the team. Florentín hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 35 successful passes (of 40 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting River Plate's place.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - four - one (Juniors wins - draws - Argentinos Juniors wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Vásquez 5 goals |  M. Coronel 5 goals | G. Reniero 5 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Argentinos Juniors missing players
| Boca Juniors | Argentinos Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 36% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 26% | ||