Match Report
2 points and 3 places separated them: Puerto Nuevo 10th with 38, Mercedes 13th with 36. Mercedes ranked just 26th in the league on five-round form despite their 13th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Puerto Nuevo 0.96 scored and 0.92 conceded per game, Mercedes 0.96 and 0.81, with the league averaging 0.94.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for Puerto Nuevo, 2 draws and 2 for Mercedes, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 25% of the meetings went to the host. In 75% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Estadio Rubén Carlos Vallejos, capacity 20,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Puerto Nuevo: Enzo Ritacco (90') · Mercedes: Matias Hernan Pineda (77')
Key stats
Possession: Puerto Nuevo 50% · Mercedes 50% · Total shots: 13-3 · On target: 3-1 · Corners: 3-4