ESTÉBAN ECHEVERRÍA, Argentina (Interstat) — Deportivo Camioneros defeated Argentino de Merlo 3-2 on Saturday at Estadio Hugo Moyano, securing the win with a goal in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time after the visitors had equalized in the fourth minute of stoppage time. The result left Deportivo Camioneros 1-1-1 in the competition and 1-1-1 across all competitions. Argentino de Merlo dropped to 0-3 in the competition and 0-3 across all competitions.

The decisive sequence came after regulation time and defined the match. Lautaro Romero scored for Argentino de Merlo in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time, pulling the visitors level at 2-2 and briefly positioning them to take a point from the road. Deportivo Camioneros answered in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time when Nicolas Sainz scored the winner. Sainz was on the field for the full match. Romero also played the full 90 minutes and scored for Argentino de Merlo.

Argentino de Merlo had taken the lead in the 10th minute when E. Aguirre D. scored. Aguirre played the entire match and was booked in the 33rd minute. Deportivo Camioneros equalized in the 30th minute through Facundo Moyano, who was substituted in the 57th minute. The home side moved ahead in the 65th minute when Nicolas Moyano scored during a 33-minute appearance. The first half ended level before the second half produced three more goals and a flurry of cards.

The match became increasingly physical, with nine yellow cards issued. Aguirre’s 33rd-minute booking was followed by a yellow card for Deportivo Camioneros’ F. Aguirre in the same minute. Argentino de Merlo’s Scisci G. was booked in the 42nd minute, and Deportivo Camioneros’ Perez Godoy L. was cautioned in the 60th minute. Ursino D. of Argentino de Merlo received a yellow card in the 77th minute. Additional bookings were issued in the third minute of second-half stoppage time and the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time as the match moved toward its dramatic finish.

Substitutions influenced the second half. Argentino de Merlo made changes in the 41st and 46th minutes and then made two more in the 68th. Deportivo Camioneros made two changes in the 57th minute, two more in the 72nd and another in the 80th. The teams traded goals early and then played through a lengthy stretch without a goal before the late scoring burst changed the result.

The defeat continued a difficult start for Argentino de Merlo, which had lost 2-1 at home to Sportivo Italiano and 2-1 at San Martin Burzaco in previous competition matches. Deportivo Camioneros had drawn 1-1 at Talleres and lost 2-1 at home to Laferrere before beating Argentino de Merlo. The home side’s victory came at Estadio Hugo Moyano in Estéban Echeverría, Provincia de Buenos Aires.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Deportivo Camioneros 2, Argentino de Merlo 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Deportivo Camioneros with a 78.1 percent probability to win. Deportivo Camioneros had been installed as the pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 5 went under the over/under line of 2.