Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gimnasia La Plata & Excursionistas face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Primera C game only three days ago.
Gimnasia La Plata form and stats
Last season, Gimnasia's Copa Argentina journey ended in the round of 16.Gimnasia La Plata's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Instituto. The home side are looking to build on that result. Defender Morales got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.61/10. Morales won 5 of 6 duels.
0-0 away at Banfield before that.Excursionistas form and stats
Things could have gone better for Excursionistas in their Primera C away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Home advantage was not enough for Excursionistas in their previous game as they lost hosting Berazategui, 0-3.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Lujan at their stadium, the result 1-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Excursionistas manager Moramarco as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sportivo Italiano.
It's early days yet, but Excursionistas has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Enrique 1 goals | L. Contín 1 goals |  E. Ramírez 1 goals |
Gimnasia La Plata missing players
Excursionistas missing players
| Gimnasia La Plata | Excursionistas | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 28% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12.1 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 24% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 37% | ||
| 11.9 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Claypole | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Liniers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Deportivo Espanol | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | San Martin Burzaco | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Sportivo Italiano | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 6 | Deportivo Laferrere | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Berazategui | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | JJ Urquiza | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Leandro Niceforo Alem | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Midland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Real Pilar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Victoriano Arenas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Lujan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Yupanqui | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Excursionistas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Central Cordoba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | General Lamadrid | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 18 | Puerto Nuevo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 19 | Atlas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
