Acassuso saw off Atlético Mitre 2–0 in the Primera Nacional Regular Season at the end of Matchday 30. The hosts kept a clean sheet and picked up all three points despite a poor run of form that had seen them lose two of their last three league games. By then they needed something to break the streak, and this was it.
The opening goal came in the sixty-third minute when A. Hermoso finished a move to give Acassuso the lead. Atlético Mitre responded with changes, bringing on N. Acosta in the sixty-eighth and J. Zarate in the seventy-fourth, but the visitors could not find a way through. And here's the thing — Atlético Mitre had more attacks but zero shots on target, which tells you everything about how the game played out.
T. Rodriguez doubled the advantage in the seventy-seventh minute, and that was the moment the result was done. Acassuso then made three changes in quick succession, bringing on A. Hermoso, S. Borges and D. Escalante, all in the eighty-fourth and eighty-fifth minutes. To be fair, Atlético Mitre had already been outmuscled for large patches of the second half.
The statistics tell a familiar story. Atlético Mitre had 55 per cent possession and 122 attacks compared to 110 for the hosts, yet they registered zero shots on target against two for Acassuso. Corners were five to four in favour of the home side, and neither side saw a card. The visitors simply could not turn pressure into a meaningful chance.
We had backed the home side at 42 per cent confidence before kick-off, and the prediction came through. Acassuso were not at their best, but they took their moments and let Atlético Mitre keep knocking without ever finding the door.
The result leaves Acassuso in eighteenth place with 26 points after 30 games, while Atlético Mitre sit fourteenth on 32 points. The visitors had been unbeaten in their last two before this, but the draw at Chaco For Ever and the stalemate with Ferro Carril Olé did not prepare them for the intensity here. The gap between them and the hosts remains six points, and Acassuso will hope this result gives them something to build on.