Match Report
5 points and 2 places separated them: Temperley 3rd with 50, Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta 5th with 45. The last five rounds placed Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta no better than 12th for form, against 5th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Temperley 1.14 scored and 0.79 conceded per game, Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta 1.07 and 0.9, with the league averaging 0.96.
Defeat had not touched Temperley in 9 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Temperley win, 1 for Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta, 2 draws, at 1.5 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won. These meetings skew tight — only 0% saw more than two goals.
Estadio Alfredo Martín Beranger staged the fixture, a ground that holds 31,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Temperley: Gabriel Hauche (57') · Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta: Lautaro Gordillo (9'), Manuel Guanini (34')
Key stats
Possession: Temperley 64% · Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta 36% · Total shots: 16-13 · On target: 3-8 · Corners: 11-3