Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Instituto 2nd with 68 points, Atlético Rafaela 29th with 38, 30 apart. Atlético Rafaela had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 13th in the league over the last five rounds against 29th overall. Per game in the league, Instituto were scoring 1.33 and conceding 0.64, Atlético Rafaela 1.11 and 1.19, against a competition average of 1.03 goals per team per game.
Atlético Rafaela had not won in 8 games. The last-five ledger: Instituto 9/15, Atlético Rafaela 2/15.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 2 for Instituto, 5 for Atlético Rafaela and 2 drawn, at 1.78 goals per meeting. These meetings skew tight — only 33% saw more than two goals.
Estadio Juan Domingo Perón in Ciudad de Córdoba, capacity 26,535, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.