Match Report
The table read 3rd (Sarmiento de La Banda, 15 pts) against 1st (Argentino Peñarol, 19 pts), 4 points apart. Sarmiento de La Banda had been under-performing their position — 48th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. In league terms the two rates read 0.7/0.8 for Sarmiento de La Banda and 2/1 for Argentino Peñarol (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.36.
Sarmiento de La Banda had lost three in a row. Momentum sat with Argentino Peñarol, winners of their last three, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Sarmiento de La Banda had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Argentino Peñarol, 13.
Estadio Ciudad de La Banda in La Banda staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,000.


