Match Report
12 points and 2 places separated them: Gimnasia Mendoza 1st with 40, Sportivo Desamparados 3rd with 28. On recent form Sportivo Desamparados sat only 60th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Against a league average of 1.11 goals per team per game, Gimnasia Mendoza ran at 1.56 scored and 0.5 conceded, Sportivo Desamparados at 1.06 and 0.61.
Gimnasia Mendoza had won four straight. A win had eluded Sportivo Desamparados for 5 matches. Recent form was uneven: 13/15 points for Gimnasia Mendoza, 2/15 for Sportivo Desamparados.
The match was played at Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie in Mendoza (capacity 40,268). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.