Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Independiente Rivadavia (1st, 68 pts) held a 33-point advantage over Atlanta (15th, 35 pts). The last five rounds placed Atlanta no better than 36th for form, against 15th in the standings. Per game in the league, Independiente Rivadavia were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.97, Atlanta 0.97 and 1.21, against a competition average of 1.07 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 2 Independiente Rivadavia wins, 1 for Atlanta, 2 draws, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Estadio Juan Bautista Gargantini in Mendoza, capacity 40,268, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-1 full-time score.