Match Report
Central Norte went into the game 1st in the table on 18 points; Defensores Belgrano VR sat 1st on 29 — an 11-point gap. On recent form Defensores Belgrano VR sat only 54th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Central Norte were scoring 1.63 and conceding 0.75, Defensores Belgrano VR 1.19 and 0.5, against a competition average of 0.94 goals per team per game.
Defensores Belgrano VR's last five games had all finished level. The five-game form split read 12/15 points for Central Norte against 5/15 for Defensores Belgrano VR.
The match was played at Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena in Ciudad de Salta (capacity 20,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.