Match Report
The table gap was wide: 17 points between San Martín Tucumán (4th, 36 pts) and Mitre de Salta (5th, 19 pts). San Martín de Tucumán ranked just 76th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Per game in the league, San Martín Tucumán were scoring 1.56 and conceding 0.83, Mitre de Salta 0.69 and 0.69, against a competition average of 1.19 goals per team per game.
San Martín Tucumán came in having won four on the spin, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
The match was played at Estadio Eva Perón de San Miguel de Tucumán in San Miguel de Tucuman (capacity 30,500). Half-time and full-time told different stories: San Martín Tucumán led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.