Match Report
In the standings it was Gimnasia La Plata 10th on 16 points, Newell's Old Boys 7th on 21 — separated by 5. On recent form Gimnasia La Plata sat only 49th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 10th overall. Against a league average of 1.05 goals per team per game, Gimnasia La Plata ran at 1.29 scored and 1.64 conceded, Newell's Old Boys at 0.93 and 1.07.
Gimnasia La Plata had gone 9 games without a win.
The sides have met 10 times in the GioScore results database: 6 wins for Gimnasia La Plata, 2 draws and 2 for Newell's Old Boys, at 2.2 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 70% of the meetings.
Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo in La Plata, capacity 35,000, hosted the game. Gimnasia La Plata led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Gimnasia La Plata: Rodrigo Castillo (10')