Match Report
Gimnasia y Tiro (1st, 59 pts) visited Sol de América (4th, 45 pts) with 14 points between them. Recent form told a different story for Sol de América: only 11th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Against a league average of 1.06 goals per team per game, Sol de América ran at 1.03 scored and 0.91 conceded, Gimnasia y Tiro at 1 and 0.53.
A win had eluded Sol de América for 7 matches. Defeat had not touched Gimnasia y Tiro in 6 games. The five-game form split read 2/15 points for Sol de América against 11/15 for Gimnasia y Tiro.
The venue was Stade René Gaillard in Niort, with room for 10,406 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.