Match Report
Sarmiento Leones, 2nd with 29 points, sat 24 points above Independiente La Rioja (9th, 5). The last five rounds placed Independiente La Rioja no better than 192nd for form, against 9th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Independiente La Rioja 0.69 scored and 2.56 conceded per game, Sarmiento Leones 1.31 and 0.75, with the league averaging 1.31.
Independiente La Rioja entered with five losses in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Independiente La Rioja held 0 points of 15 and Sarmiento Leones 10.
The venue was Estadio Carlos Augusto Mercado Luna in La Rioja, with room for 16,000 spectators.


