Match Report
The table gap was wide: 28 points between Sol de América (5th, 35 pts) and Deportivo Roca (14th, 7 pts). Deportivo Roca had been under-performing their position — 58th on five-round form against 14th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Deportivo Roca 0.77 scored and 1.69 conceded per game, Sol de América 1.83 and 1.28, with the league averaging 1.19.
Deportivo Roca had lost four in a row. 5 matches unbeaten backed Sol de América's arrival, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Over the last five, Deportivo Roca had taken 3 of 15 points to Sol de América's 13.
Estadio Luís Maiolino in General Roca staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.