Match Report
Ferro Carril Oeste went into the game 8th in the table on 6 points; Platense sat 2nd on 13 — a 7-point gap. Club Ferro Carril Oeste had been under-performing their position — 17th on five-round form against 8th in the table. Against a league average of 1.11 goals per team per game, Ferro Carril Oeste ran at 1 scored and 1.71 conceded, Platense at 1.43 and 0.86.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 3 Ferro Carril Oeste wins, 2 for Platense, 0 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 20% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry in Capital Federal, with room for 24,442 spectators. On the scoreboard, Platense led 2-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-2 the final score.