Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Unión Santa Fe & Almagro face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Argentina. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
Unión Santa Fe was eliminated in the round of 32 last season in the Copa Argentina.An away draw last time out for Unión, facing Barracas Central in a game that ended 1-1. Midfield player Machuca got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, the max score being 10. Machuca scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 9 of 12 times.
Ahead of that match, Unión Santa Fe lost 0-2 at home to Instituto.Unión Santa Fe have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Unión scored {0 goals} and let in {2 goals} during these two games.
Almagro form and stats
Almagro's mission in Copa Argentina last season failed in the quarter-finals.The manager Desábato was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Estadio Tres de Febrero. Almagro suffered a 0-1 loss to Almirante Brown.
Prior to that result Almagro won their away game at Deportivo Moron in the Primera B Nacional. The scoreline was 1-0.The schedule is very tough for Almagro now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primera B Nacional game at Defensores de Belgrano is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Unión two wins, two draws and Almagro two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last six encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Machuca 1 goals |  M. Guzmán 1 goals |
Unión Santa Fe missing players
Almagro missing players
| Unión Santa Fe | Almagro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 12 | 24 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 20 | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 6.6 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13.5 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 18% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| 10.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3 | ||
