Match Report
The table read 2nd (Nacional, 13 pts) against 1st (Wanderers, 15 pts), 2 points apart. Wanderers ranked just 23rd in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Nacional 1.14 scored and 1.14 conceded per game, Wanderers 1.71 and 0.57, with the league averaging 1.16.
Defeat had not touched Wanderers in 6 games.
11 meetings are on record — 7 won by Nacional, 2 by Wanderers, 2 drawn, at 2.09 goals per meeting.
Estadio Gran Parque Central staged the fixture, a ground that holds 37,000. With 90 matches recorded and 2.7 yellow cards per game, A. Matonte was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Wanderers led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Nacional: Luciano Boggio (90') · Wanderers: Luciano Cosentino (23'), Joaquín Zeballos (90')
Key stats
Possession: Nacional 58% · Wanderers 42% · Total shots: 11-5 · On target: 2-3 · Corners: 10-3