Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Boca Juniors & River Plate 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 Juniors and River Plate.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Boca Juniors participated in Copa Argentina the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.Boca Juniors travelled for their previous game, a trip to Talleres Cordoba that ended 0-0. Midfielder Juan Ramírez was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.84 (out of ten) in that game. Ramírez hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).
Ahead of that match, Juniors lost 0-2 at home to San Lorenzo.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Juniors, as the Superliga home game vs Argentinos Juniors is only four days away.
River Plate form and stats
River was sent out of Copa Argentina in the finals last season.River Plate delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Huracan in their previous match; a Superliga game. Milton Casco, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.33. Casco hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels. The draw against Huracan came from a losing position. The River manager M. Gallardo brought on Braian Romero as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Preceding that game was the away Superliga victory against Lanus with the score of 3-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Superliga trip to Godoy Cruz.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Juniors won one game, five matches ended with a draw and River Plate has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  M. Suárez 6 goals |   S. Villa Cano 4 goals |  D. De La Cruz Arcosa 4 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
River Plate missing players
| Boca Juniors | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 27 | 47 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 12.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | ||