National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Newell's Old Boys or Sarmiento that keep their silverware dream alive.
Newell's Old Boys have less rest than Sarmiento in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Sudamericana game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Libertad.
Newell's Old Boys form and stats
Newell's participated in Copa Argentina the last season, where they reached the 1st round.In their previous game, the manager G. Burgos Maestromey led his Newell's Old Boys to a defeat in the Copa Sudamericana match away at Libertad. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Regatas San Nicolás. The goalie A. Aguerre was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 0.0 out of ten. Aguerre .
Before that, Newell's drew at home versus Sarmiento.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Palestino are coming to town in three days.
Sarmiento form and stats
Sarmiento was sent out of Copa Argentina in the 1st round last season.Sarmiento are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Newell's Old Boys. Martín García was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.65. The defender García hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Gimnasia La Plata in the Superliga.Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Newell's won one, Sarmiento won zero and three draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Torres 5 goals |   J. Cacciabue 3 goals | I. Scocco 2 goals |
Newell's Old Boys missing players
Sarmiento missing players
| Newell's Old Boys | Sarmiento | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | ||
| 33 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 18% | ||