Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Belgrano 1st with 79 points, Nueva Chicago 34th with 32, 47 apart. Nueva Chicago's recent output outran their position: 29th on form over five rounds, 34th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Nueva Chicago 0.92 scored and 1.33 conceded per game, Belgrano 1.33 and 0.64, with the league averaging 1.03.
Nueva Chicago had lost three in a row. Belgrano were unbeaten in 7. The five-game form split read 2/15 points for Nueva Chicago against 11/15 for Belgrano.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for Nueva Chicago, 2 draws and 3 for Belgrano, at 2 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 20% of the meetings.
The match was played at Estadio República de Mataderos in Capital Federal (capacity 28,500). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.