National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Patronato or Gimnasia y Tiro that keep their silverware dream alive.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Patronato form and stats
Last season, Patronato's Copa Argentina journey ended in the quarter-finals.Patronato are returning here after visiting Talleres Córdoba in a Copa Argentina game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
A 1-1 scoreline against Boca Juniors (after extra-time, 3-2 on penalties) before that one, played at their own home stadium in the Copa Argentina.
Gimnasia y Tiro form and stats
They also participated in Copa Argentina last season. This ended in the 1st round.Gimnasia y Tiro are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Independiente Chivilcoy (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties).
Ahead of that match was the Torneo Federal A away draw versus Racing Cordoba that ended 1-1.Gimnasia are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 16 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 4 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats. Of the defeats, 2 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Perillo 8 goals | M. Pino 5 goals | I. Chaves 4 goals |
Patronato missing players
Gimnasia y Tiro missing players
| Patronato | Gimnasia y Tiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 8 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 10 | 30 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 8.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | ||
| 15 | 14.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
