Match Report
44 points for Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta (5th), 36 for San Martín de Tucumán (11th): an 8-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 1.11 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.
The referee was M. Macheroni, with 87 matches in our database and 1.9 yellows per game on average. 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