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.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Patronato form and stats
Patronato was eliminated in the finals last season in the Copa Argentina.Patronato lost their last game at San Martín San Juan after a 1-2 scoreline.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Defensores Unidos.Argentinos Juniors form and stats
Last season their Copa Argentina adventure ended in the round of 32.Impressive finishing from Ávalos (2) and Metilli secured the home win 3-1 against Defensa y Justicia in their previous game. Ávalos, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.65. Ávalos scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the away Superliga victory against Vélez Sarsfield with the score of 1-0.The schedule is very tough for Argentinos Juniors now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Copa Libertadores game at Independiente del Valle is waiting in only one day.
Head 2 Head
Argentinos Juniors have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (1-3-0) when facing Patronato.Top Goalscorers
  G. Ávalos Stumpfs 11 goals | K. Mac Allister 4 goals | L. Heredia 4 goals |
Patronato missing players
Argentinos Juniors missing players
| Patronato | Argentinos Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 25 | 19 | Scored | S | 8 | 34 | ||
| 33 | 12 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8.6 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 33% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 28% | ||
| 8.4 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
