Perhaps a welcome break from league football as San Martín San Juan & Racing Club face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Martín and Racing Club.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
San Martín San Juan form and stats
Last season their Copa Argentina adventure ended in the 16th finals.Three Primera B Nacional home games done for San Martín San Juan, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. Martín are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona, having lost their two previous games here.
Before that game, the home loss against All Boys with the scoreline 0-2.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primera B Nacional game versus San Telmo in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona.
The Martín fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Martín are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (6 from 3 played).
Racing Club form and stats
They also participated in Copa Argentina last season. This ended in the 1st round.The supporters enjoyed Racing's previous game versus Independiente, a Superliga 1-0 win played at home. The game before that, in the Superliga, was lost at home, a 2-4 defeat against Godoy Cruz.
The end of the last match, against Independiente, was very satisfying as E. Copetti scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Racing manager J. Pizzi Torroja as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Arsenal de Sarandi.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's zero Martín victories, one draw and four Racing Club wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.San Martín San Juan missing players
Racing Club missing players
| San Martín San Juan | Racing Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Scored | S | 7 | 29 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.2 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 8.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Atletico Guemes | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Independiente Rivadavia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | All Boys | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Brown de Adrogue | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | San Telmo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Deportivo Moron | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Defensores de Belgrano | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Tristan Suarez | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Deportivo Santamarina | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Barracas Central | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Almagro | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | San Martín San Juan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Gimnasia Jujuy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Instituto | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Atletico Rafaela | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Villa Dalmine | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | Guillermo Brown | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |