Match Report
41 points for Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta (6th), 36 for San Martín de Tucumán (11th): a 5-point gap. The last five rounds placed San Martín de Tucumán no better than 21st for form, against 11th in the standings. Per game in the league, Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta were scoring 1.04 and conceding 0.93, San Martín de Tucumán 0.96 and 0.93, against a competition average of 0.97 goals per team per game.
Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta had lost four in a row. Over the last five, Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta had taken 1 of 15 points to San Martín de Tucumán's 8.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 3 for Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta, 1 for San Martín de Tucumán and 0 drawn, at 2.25 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings. Historically tight: 25% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Estadio El Gigante del Norte, capacity 24,300, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta: Nicolás Contín (86')
Key stats
Possession: Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta 48% · San Martín de Tucumán 52% · Total shots: 5-3 · On target: 3-1 · Corners: 5-3