Match Report
Santos went into the game 1st in the table on 16 points; Defensa y Justicia sat 3rd on 6 — a 10-point gap. On recent form Defensa y Justicia sat only 17th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Per game in the league, Santos were scoring 1.67 and conceding 0.83, Defensa y Justicia 1.33 and 1.67, against a competition average of 1.45 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Estádio Urbano Caldeira in Santos (capacity 16,798). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-1.