Perhaps a welcome break from league football as River Plate & Talleres Córdoba face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Superliga. That game, against Lanus, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Talleres Córdoba.
River Plate form and stats
Last season, River Plate's Copa Argentina journey ended in the quarter-finals.The River club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Instituto and win 3-1. The talented striker Beltrán bested all others in that game and received a match rating of 8.25 out of 10. Beltrán scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, River Plate had a Superliga home game versus Defensa y Justicia which ended with a victory 1-0.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for River Plate, who have participated in three training matches. River Plate have won 3 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Talleres Córdoba form and stats
Talleres Córdoba was sent out of Copa Argentina in the finals last season.Talleres play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Lanus. Catalán was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Catalán won 4 of 5 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Arsenal de Sarandi.After this away game Talleres Córdoba return home for a Superliga game against Godoy Cruz. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Just as the home team, Talleres Córdoba have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Talleres Córdoba win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
River Plate-Talleres Córdoba H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: River three wins, Talleres Córdoba six wins, zero draws. three of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these teams have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last nine encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Rosadilla 12 goals |   L. Beltrán 9 goals |  N. Bustos 6 goals |
River Plate missing players
Talleres Córdoba missing players
| River Plate | Talleres Córdoba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 48 | 28 | Scored | S | 25 | 42 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 12 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 17.2 | 19.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.7 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 38% | ||
| 10.2 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
