Match Report
25 points separated the sides: Independiente 5th on 54, Nueva Chicago 27th on 29. On the form table Nueva Chicago stood 1st over the last five rounds, despite being 27th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Independiente 1.47 scored and 0.73 conceded per game, Nueva Chicago 0.97 and 1.27, with the league averaging 1.1.
Independiente had not lost in 11 games, having scored in 13 consecutive games. Nueva Chicago had lost three in a row.
The match was played at Estadio Libertadores de América in Avellaneda (capacity 42,000). It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Independiente: C. Rodríguez (90'), Juan Martín Lucero (14') · Nueva Chicago: N. Giménez (26')