Match Report
12 points and 7 places separated them: Deportivo Merlo 14th with 40, Real Pilar 7th with 52. On recent form Deportivo Merlo sat only 18th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 14th overall. Per game in the league, Deportivo Merlo were scoring 1 and conceding 1.41, Real Pilar 1.09 and 1, against a competition average of 0.98 goals per team per game.
Deportivo Merlo had gone 6 games without a win. Real Pilar were unbeaten in 5. The five-game form split read 2/15 points for Deportivo Merlo against 9/15 for Real Pilar.
4 meetings are on record — 2 won by Deportivo Merlo, 1 by Real Pilar, 1 drawn, at 1.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 25% of the meetings went to the host. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 25% of the meetings.
The match was played at Estadio José Manuel Moreno (capacity 10,000). Deportivo Merlo led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Deportivo Merlo: Facundo Aguerre (21'), Lucas Vallejo (37'), Iván Sandoval (67') · Real Pilar: Franco Camargo (44'), Sebastián Blanco (90')
Key stats
Possession: Deportivo Merlo 41% · Real Pilar 59% · Total shots: 10-6 · On target: 7-6 · Corners: 0-6