Match Report
The table gap was wide: 26 points between Villa Mitre (7th, 37 pts) and Mercedes (14th, 11 pts). Recent form told a different story for Mercedes: only 129th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 14th. Scoring rates set the scale: Villa Mitre 1.54 scored and 1.42 conceded per game, Mercedes 0.54 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.29.
Mercedes arrived off six straight defeats. Recent form was uneven: 6/15 points for Villa Mitre, 0/15 for Mercedes.
Estadio El Fortín in Bahía Blanca staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,000.


