National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's San Martín San Juan or Vélez Sarsfield 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 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
San Martín San Juan have less rest than Vélez Sarsfield in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Primera B Nacional game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Patronato, was also a home game here at Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez. The away team is better rested.
San Martín San Juan form and stats
Last season, Martín's Copa Argentina journey ended in the 16th finals.The San Martín San Juan supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Patronato and win 2-1.
A Primera B Nacional defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Gimnasia Mendoza.Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
Last season their Copa Argentina adventure ended in the round of 16.There might be some fixture complaints from Vélez Sarsfield as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against Tigre. Midfielder Fernández was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Fernández hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
It was a Superliga defeat before that one as the away game against Racing Club wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Arsenal de Sarandi in just four days.
Sarsfield played four friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these four matches Vélez Sarsfield scored 4 and conceded {1 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the prior five meetings): San Martín San Juan won three games, zero matches ended in a draw and Vélez Sarsfield got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Janson 4 goals |  S. González Valdéz 3 goals | B. Borasi 3 goals |
San Martín San Juan missing players
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
| San Martín San Juan | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Scored | S | 8 | 28 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.2 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 31% | ||
| 6.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
