Match Report
10 points and 7 places separated them: Defensa y Justicia 3rd with 26, Gimnasia La Plata 10th with 16. Gimnasia La Plata's recent output lagged their position: 49th on form over five rounds while 10th in the table. Against a league average of 1.05 goals per team per game, Defensa y Justicia ran at 1.21 scored and 0.93 conceded, Gimnasia La Plata at 1.29 and 1.64.
Defensa y Justicia had not won in 5 games.
Across 15 recorded meetings, Defensa y Justicia have 11 wins to Gimnasia La Plata's 2, with 2 draws, at 2.33 goals per meeting. Historically tight: 27% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello in Florencio Varela staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,000. On the scoreboard, Gimnasia La Plata led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.