National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Boca Juniors or Patronato that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Boca Juniors nor Patronato as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Happy days for Boca Juniors in their previous game, a fixture away at Velez Sarsfield that ended with a 2-1 victory. Fernández was on the receiving end of a red card in the Juniors-Velez Sarsfield match, being sent off in the 68th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 2-1 victory. The striker Merentiel won the honour of being "man of the match" for Boca Juniors with the rating of 7.65/10. Merentiel served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Previous to that game, a Superliga home match hosting Platense in a game that was won 3-1.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Boca Juniors friendly games in pre-season: Boca Juniors played two friendlies, won 0, drew 2 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Boca Juniors scored {0 goals} and conceded 0 in these two games.
Patronato form and stats
Patronato has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Flandria for a 1-1 draw. The draw against Flandria came from a losing position. The Patronato manager Sava brought on Arce as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus San Martin San Juan.Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the prior nine meetings): Boca Juniors won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Patronato managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / eight.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Langoni 2 goals | J. Figal 2 goals | N. Briasco Belekyan 1 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Patronato missing players
| Boca Juniors | Patronato | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 11 | 26 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10.2 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 28% | ||
| 11.4 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
