Match Report
Gimnasia Concepción went into the game 7th in the table on 21 points; Mitre de Salta sat 5th on 19 — a 2-point gap. The last five rounds placed Mitre de Salta no better than 66th for form, against 5th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.19 goals per team per game, Gimnasia Concepción ran at 1.75 scored and 1.42 conceded, Mitre de Salta at 0.69 and 0.69.
Five consecutive wins preceded this game for Mitre de Salta, having scored in 14 consecutive games. Gimnasia Concepción had banked 7 of the last 15 points on offer; Mitre de Salta, 15.
The match was played at Estadio Manuel y Ramón Núñez in Concepción del Uruguay (capacity 6,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.