Match Report
The table read 10th (Union Mar del Plata, 10 pts) against 5th (Gimnasia y Tiro, 12 pts), 2 points apart. The last five rounds placed Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta no better than 29th for form, against 5th in the standings. Per game in the league, Union Mar del Plata were scoring 1.38 and conceding 1.13, Gimnasia y Tiro 1.38 and 0.88, against a competition average of 1.19 goals per team per game.
Union Mar del Plata had not won in 8 games. Gimnasia y Tiro carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this. Over the last five, Union Mar del Plata had taken 3 of 15 points to Gimnasia y Tiro's 11.
Estadio Club Atlético Unión in Mar del Plata, capacity 3,376, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Gimnasia y Tiro led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.