Match Report
The table gap was wide: 42 points between Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza (1st, 63 pts) and Talleres Remedios de Escalada (17th, 21 pts). Talleres Remedios de Escalada had been under-performing their position — 26th on five-round form against 17th in the table. Per game in the league, Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza were scoring 1.03 and conceding 0.53, Talleres Remedios de Escalada 0.47 and 1.18, against a competition average of 0.9 goals per team per game.
Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this. Defeat had followed defeat for Talleres Remedios de Escalada — five in succession. The last-five ledger: Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza 9/15, Talleres Remedios de Escalada 0/15.
The venue was Estadio Feliciano Gambarte in Godoy Cruz, with room for 11,500 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza: Facundo Lencioni (43') · Talleres Remedios de Escalada: Matías Flores (18')
Key stats
Possession: Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza 60% · Talleres Remedios de Escalada 40% · Total shots: 12-3 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 10-2