National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Patronato or Argentinos Juniors that keep their silverware dream alive.
Argentinos Juniors could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Superliga game only three sleeps ago. That game, against San Lorenzo, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Argentinos Juniors.
Patronato form and stats
Patronato was eliminated in the finals last season in the Copa Argentina.The Patronato coach Paoli and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Botafogo in the Copa Sudamericana.
Before that, Patronato had a Primera B Nacional home game versus Gimnasia Mendoza which ended with a victory 1-0.Argentinos Juniors form and stats
Last season their Copa Argentina adventure ended in the round of 32.It's the second away game in a row for Argentinos Juniors, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus San Lorenzo last time out. Attacker Metilli got a player rating of 8.13 in the game. "Man of the match" Metilli scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 40 successful passes (of 43 total).
Before that, Argentinos secured a home win against Colon with the score 1-0.A new game in only four days for Argentinos Juniors, the Superliga home match versus Estudiantes. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Argentinos Juniors have avoided a loss in the last 4 fixtures (1-3-0) versus Patronato.Top Goalscorers
  G. Ávalos Stumpfs 12 goals | F. González Metilli 5 goals |  J. Esquivel 4 goals |
Patronato missing players
Argentinos Juniors missing players
| Patronato | Argentinos Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 22 | 15 | Scored | S | 10 | 30 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9.3 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 28% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 28% | ||
| 9 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
