Match Report
Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza went into the game 4th in the table on 17 points; Deportivo Riestra sat 12th on 10 — a 7-point gap. Deportivo Riestra had been under-performing their position — 48th on five-round form against 12th in the table. Against a league average of 1.07 goals per team per game, Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza ran at 1.4 scored and 0.9 conceded, Deportivo Riestra at 0.8 and 1.
Deportivo Riestra had not won in 7 games. From the last five rounds, Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza held 10 points of 15 and Deportivo Riestra 4.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 1 Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza win, 0 for Deportivo Riestra, 5 draws, at 1 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 0% of the wins in this fixture. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 17% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Estadio Feliciano Gambarte, with room for 11,500 spectators. With 100 matches recorded and 2.8 yellow cards per game, C. Gariano was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.
Key stats
Possession: Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza 72% · Deportivo Riestra 28% · Total shots: 16-9 · On target: 3-2 · Corners: 4-2