National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Aurora or The Strongest that keep their silverware dream alive.
Not much time to rest for the home team, as they featured in a Liga De Futbol Prof fixture only three days back. This match was also played here at Estadio Félix Capriles. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, The Strongest have had more rest.
Aurora form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Aurora's two home games in the Liga De Futbol Prof so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estadio Félix Capriles.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 317 minutes.
Aurora's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Nacional Potosi. The home side are looking to build on that result.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Wilstermann and winning 2-0.The manager Pérez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Universitario de Vinto in only four days.
Aurora has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
The Strongest form and stats
1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of The Strongest playing as the away team in the Liga De Futbol Prof this season.
The Strongest had fun at their own home (Estadio Félix Capriles) last time out, beating Bolivar 3-2. Cácerers, Triverio and Cruz scored. Cruz came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Bolivar last time out, making the manager Sánchez feel like a tactical genius.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Independiente Petrolero at their stadium, the result 4-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the The Strongest manager Sánchez as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Municipal Vinto.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, The Strongest has managed {4 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior ten meetings between these two contenders are: one win for Aurora, three draws and six wins for The Strongest. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Triverio 3 goals | L. Ursino Pegolo 2 goals | J. Arias Cácerers 2 goals |
Aurora missing players
The Strongest missing players
| Aurora | The Strongest | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Scored | S | 25 | 62 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Conceded | C | 5 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 4% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.9 | ||
| 22% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 42% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | The Strongest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Guabira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Aurora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Santa Cruz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Municipal Vinto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | The Strongest | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Oriente Petrolero | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Aurora | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Municipal Vinto | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Bolivar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Always Ready | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Universitario de Vinto | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Libertad | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Real Tomayapo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Guabira | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Santa Cruz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Nacional Potosi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Royal Pari | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 14 | Blooming | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 15 | Vaca Diez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Independiente Petrolero | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 17 | Wilstermann | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | -4 |
