Match Report
The table gap was wide: 26 points between Argentino Merlo (1st, 56 pts) and Lugano (13th, 30 pts). Recent form flatters Lugano's table spot — 2nd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 13th. Scoring rates set the scale: Argentino Merlo 1.68 scored and 0.86 conceded per game, Lugano 0.64 and 0.96, with the league averaging 0.99.
6 matches unbeaten backed Argentino Merlo's arrival, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Lugano had not won in 14 games. Argentino Merlo had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Lugano, 2.
Estadio Juan Carlos Brieva in Merlo, capacity 11,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.


