Match Report
Excursionistas (3rd, 62 pts) visited Sportivo Italiano (6th, 58 pts) with 4 points between them. Scoring rates set the scale: Sportivo Italiano 1.21 scored and 0.76 conceded per game, Excursionistas 1.48 and 0.82, with the league averaging 0.98.
Excursionistas carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this. Over the last five, Sportivo Italiano had taken 7 of 15 points to Excursionistas's 13.
4 meetings are on record — 1 won by Sportivo Italiano, 2 by Excursionistas, 1 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting.
Estadio República de Italia, capacity 25,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Excursionistas: Matias Polvera (61')
Key stats
Possession: Sportivo Italiano 51% · Excursionistas 49% · Total shots: 15-9 · On target: 6-3 · Corners: 9-6