Match Report
14 points and 5 places separated them: Atlético Tucumán 8th with 40, Defensa y Justicia 3rd with 26. Atlético Tucumán's recent output lagged their position: 39th on form over five rounds while 8th in the table. Against a league average of 1.05 goals per team per game, Atlético Tucumán ran at 1.04 scored and 1 conceded, Defensa y Justicia at 1.21 and 0.93.
Defensa y Justicia were winless in 9.
17 meetings are on record — 3 won by Atlético Tucumán, 9 by Defensa y Justicia, 5 drawn, at 2.59 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 41% of those meetings. Goals have risen lately: 3.6 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.59 across the full history.
The venue was Estadio Monumental Presidente José Fierro in San Miguel de Tucumán, with room for 32,700 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.