National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Santa Cruz or The Strongest that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Santa Cruz nor The Strongest 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.
Santa Cruz form and stats
7-2-0 is the performance here at Estadio Ramón Aguilera Costas so far in the Liga De Futbol Prof, giving Santa Cruz a total of 23 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results!
Santa Cruz's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Real Tomayapo. The home side are looking to build on that result.
In the match before, 0-0 away to Municipal Vinto (Copa de la División Profesional).
The Santa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. Santa Cruz have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
The Strongest form and stats
5-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for The Strongest in their Liga De Futbol Prof matches away.
Triverio and Almanza scored in The Strongest's previous match, the home game against Independiente Petrolero that ended 2-0.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Universitario de Vinto at their stadium, the result 3-1.The travelling fans enjoy Strongest's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 9 league matches away. The Strongest have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The Strongest have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (3-2-0) when facing Santa.The games between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last nine encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Triverio 12 goals |   E. González 8 goals | J. Arias Cácerers 6 goals |
Santa Cruz missing players
The Strongest missing players
| Santa Cruz | The Strongest | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 26 | 17 | Scored | S | 15 | 38 | ||
| 25 | 8 | Conceded | C | 18 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.3 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 13.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12.2 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 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 | Aurora | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | The Strongest | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Santa Cruz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Guabira | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 5 | Municipal Vinto | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 39 |
| 2 | Always Ready | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 | Nacional Potosi | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 35 |
| 4 | Bolivar | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 31 |
| 5 | Aurora | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 29 |
| 6 | Santa Cruz | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Independiente Petrolero | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Municipal Vinto | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 22 |
| 9 | Guabira | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -13 | 21 |
| 10 | Royal Pari | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 11 | Wilstermann | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | Universitario de Vinto | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 13 | Vaca Diez | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | Real Tomayapo | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Oriente Petrolero | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Blooming | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 17 | Libertad | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 31 | -22 | 16 |
