Match Report
12 points and 2 places separated them: Aldosivi 28th with 16, Vélez Sarsfield 26th with 28. Vélez Sarsfield ranked 9th in the league on five-round form, well above their 26th table position. Per game in the league, Aldosivi were scoring 0.59 and conceding 1.78, Vélez Sarsfield 1.11 and 1.22, against a competition average of 1.09 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Aldosivi — three in succession. Vélez Sarsfield were winless in 9, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
6 meetings are on record — 0 won by Aldosivi, 4 by Vélez Sarsfield, 2 drawn, at 2.17 goals per meeting. 67% of these meetings ended in a home win. These meetings skew tight — only 17% saw more than two goals.
Estadio José María Minella in Mar del Plata staged the fixture, a ground that holds 35,354. On the scoreboard, Vélez Sarsfield led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 3-2.