Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Boca Juniors & Patronato face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Boca Juniors and Patronato.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Last season, Juniors's Copa Argentina journey ended in the 16th finals.2W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Argentina for Boca Juniors. Two draws in a row at home now for Juniors.
It's back home for Boca Juniors, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Atletico Tucuman away with the result 2-1. Rodrigo Montes and Lisandro López found the net in that victory. Lisandro López, defender, was given a rating of 7.84/10 in that game, top of the team. López scored one goal and won 9 of 14 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Superliga home game that ended 0-0 versus Defensa y Justicia.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Superliga game versus Colon in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades.
Patronato form and stats
Patronato was sent out of Copa Argentina in the 16th finals last season.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Argentina stats, they have 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Patronato might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Estudiantes proved too strong as Patronato slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella. The attacker Sebastián Sosa got a match rating of 8.03 in that game. Sosa scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match was the Superliga away draw versus Argentinos Juniors that ended 1-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Patronato manager I. Delfino as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Union Santa Fe.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous six meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Juniors, one draw and one win for Patronato. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Sosa Sánchez 5 goals |   S. Villa Cano 4 goals | C. Izquierdoz 3 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Patronato missing players
| Boca Juniors | Patronato | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 21 | 29 | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 23% | ||