Match Report
The table gap was wide: 21 points between Villa Mitre (4th, 43 pts) and Sarmiento Coronel Suarez (9th, 22 pts). Recent form told a different story for Sarmiento Coronel Suarez: only 84th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 9th. Scoring rates set the scale: Sarmiento Coronel Suarez 1 scored and 1.73 conceded per game, Villa Mitre 2.09 and 0.82, with the league averaging 1.23.
Sarmiento Coronel Suarez entered with three losses in a row. Momentum sat with Villa Mitre, winners of their last four. Sarmiento Coronel Suarez had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Villa Mitre, 13.
The match was played at Estadio Deportivo Sarmiento (capacity 2,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 0-3.


