San Martín de San Juan defeated Gimnasia y Tiro 3-1 in their Primera Nacional Regular Season 26 fixture on 22 August 2026. The hosts took a commanding lead through two first-half goals before the visitors staged a late comeback that ultimately fell short. The result leaves San Martín with 38 points in ninth place, while Gimnasia remain sixth with 41 points after 27 matches.
F. Coronel opened the scoring just ten minutes in, catching the defence off guard. G. Rossi doubled the advantage on the half-hour mark, rounding off a dominant opening spell. The hosts looked comfortable as they carried their lead into the break. Gimnasia began the second half with renewed purpose, but it wasn't until the seventy-second minute that J. Galetto pulled one back. N. Funez then came off the bench to score twice in quick succession, first in the seventy-eighth and then in the seventy-ninth minute.
The statistics tell a story of two evenly matched sides. Both teams held 50% possession and created three corners each. San Martín generated 113 attacks compared to Gimnasia's 100, while the hosts registered six shots on target against three for the visitors. Neither side showed a red card, and both recorded ten free kicks. The visitors did take fifteen goal kicks to the hosts' ten, suggesting a slightly different approach to possession.
San Martín made six substitutions throughout the match, with the first pair coming at the break. F. Coronel and G. Rossi were both replaced in the sixty-seventh minute after their goal contributions. Gimnasia brought on W. Montoya for J. Galetto in the seventy-ninth minute, followed by F. Murillo for N. Funez in the eightieth. The hosts added F. Rojas as their final change in the ninetieth minute.
The result has little immediate impact on the table, but it extends San Martín's recent improvement. The hosts had drawn three of their previous five matches before this victory. Gimnasia's run of four consecutive wins came to an end, though they remain three points clear of the visitors in sixth place.
