Match Report
Deportivo Santamarina, 36th on 29 points, faced a 28-point deficit to Almagro (8th, 57). Deportivo Santamarina had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 25th in the league over the last five rounds against 36th overall. Per game in the league, Deportivo Santamarina were scoring 0.81 and conceding 1.61, Almagro 0.97 and 0.92, against a competition average of 1.03 goals per team per game.
Deportivo Santamarina had gone 8 games without a win.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 1 Deportivo Santamarina win, 4 for Almagro, 3 draws, at 1.63 goals per meeting. 63% of these meetings ended in a home win. Only 13% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Estadio Municipal General San Martín de Tandil in Tandil staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,762. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.