Match Report
20 points for Colón (8th), 14 for Argentinos Juniors (12th): a 6-point gap. On recent form Argentinos Juniors sat only 27th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 12th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Colón 1.36 scored and 1.21 conceded per game, Argentinos Juniors 1.36 and 1.64, with the league averaging 0.99.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 4 Colón wins, 4 for Argentinos Juniors, 2 draws, at 1.9 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 20% of meetings.
Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López in Ciudad de Santa Fe staged the fixture, a ground that holds 40,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Argentinos Juniors led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-1.