Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Gimnasia y Tiro (7th, 33 pts) held a 26-point advantage over Deportivo Roca (14th, 7 pts). On recent form Deportivo Roca sat only 58th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 14th overall. Per game in the league, Gimnasia y Tiro were scoring 1.06 and conceding 0.72, Deportivo Roca 0.77 and 1.69, against a competition average of 1.19 goals per team per game.
Gimnasia y Tiro were unbeaten in 5. 10 games without a win framed Deportivo Roca's arrival. Recent form was uneven: 13/15 points for Gimnasia y Tiro, 1/15 for Deportivo Roca.
Estadio El Gigante del Norte in Salta, capacity 24,300, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.