Argentinos Juniors and Gimnasia La Plata shared the spoils in Buenos Aires on Saturday, the match ending 1:1 in the Clausura's ninth round at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium. Auzmendi opened the scoring before Prieto's dismissal turned the balance, then Verón struck late to rescue a point for the visitors. To be fair, neither side deserved more than a share.
The home side took the lead in the twenty-sixth minute when Auzmendi finished a move, though the momentum shifted sharply shortly after. Prieto saw red in the forty-first minute, leaving Argentinos to play the second half a man up. By then the visitors had adjusted, digging in to weather the pressure.
Substitutions began around the half-hour mark, with Florentín and Coronel coming on for the hosts at the break. The game grew tighter after the red card, and it was Verón in the seventy-fourth who ended a barren spell for Gimnasia. The visitors kept their heads when it mattered most.
Both sides registered two shots on target, but the expected goals told a different story. Gimnasia created chances worth 1.65 expected goals while holding just 37 per cent possession. The hosts dominated possession at 63 per cent but struggled to convert, with shots accuracy at a modest 14 per cent.
The result keeps Argentinos third on 29 points, two clear of sixth-placed Gimnasia on 26. We had tipped a home win at 56 per cent confidence, but the match went another way — the red card in the first half broke the pattern, and it was harder to press high up the pitch without that full strength.