Match Report
2 points and 2 places separated them: 9 de Julio Rafaela 5th with 25, Gimnasia Chivilcoy 3rd with 27. 9 de Julio Rafaela ranked just 30th in the league on five-round form despite their 5th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: 9 de Julio Rafaela 1.56 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Gimnasia Chivilcoy 0.94 and 0.67, with the league averaging 0.95.
A win had eluded 9 de Julio Rafaela for 5 matches. Three consecutive draws preceded this one for Gimnasia Chivilcoy.
GioScore's database holds 6 meetings between the two: 4 for 9 de Julio Rafaela, 1 for Gimnasia Chivilcoy and 1 drawn, at 2.33 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 67% of the meetings.
Estadio Germán Malacho Soltermam staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,000. 9 de Julio Rafaela led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
9 de Julio Rafaela: Leandro Larrea (18')
Key stats
Possession: 9 de Julio Rafaela 47% · Gimnasia Chivilcoy 53% · Total shots: 6-7 · On target: 2-2 · Corners: 7-9