Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Godoy Cruz & Racing Club face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Godoy nor Racing Club as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Racing Club when visiting Godoy as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Godoy Cruz form and stats
Last season, Godoy's Copa Argentina journey ended in the 8th finals.A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Godoy, who played 1-1 against Sarmiento. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes). The hometeam coach D. Flores made a successful contribution in the game against Sarmiento, bringing on Cristian Colmán who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Midfielder Martín Ojeda was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.01 (out of ten) in that game. Ojeda hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Aldosivi and winning 4-1.Godoy Cruz are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Independiente awaits in four days.
Racing Club form and stats
Racing's mission in Copa Argentina last season failed in the 1st round.Racing has drawn their two previous away games.
Racing's previous game was their home loss versus Talleres Cordoba (1-2). Midfielder Lisandro López was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. López scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 33 successful passes (of 36 total).
Before that, Racing travelled to San Lorenzo and returned home with a draw after the Superliga game finished 1-1.Head 2 Head
Previous seven meetings involving these participants: Godoy won one, Racing Club were winners in six and we saw zero draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ojeda 10 goals |   T. Chancalay 8 goals |  E. Bullaude 7 goals |
Godoy Cruz missing players
Racing Club missing players
| Godoy Cruz | Racing Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Scored | S | 10 | 24 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||