SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, Prov. de Santiago del Estero (Interstat) — Club A. Guemes defeated Almagro 2-1 on Sunday at Estadio Arturo Jiya Miranda, getting goals from Santiago Farrera and Ciro Leineker to claim its first win in the competition and its first win across all competitions this season. Almagro scored once through Enzo Martinez but could not find an equalizer after Leineker’s 70th-minute goal. The result left Guemes at 1-3 in the competition and 1-3 overall, while Almagro moved to 2-2 in the competition and 2-2 across all competitions.

Farrera gave Guemes the lead in the 15th minute. Almagro responded in the 21st when Martinez scored, with Facundo De La Vega credited with the assist. The visitors kept the match level into the second half, but Leineker broke the deadlock in the 70th minute. Gianluca Pugliese and Jonas Carranza each recorded an assist for Guemes. Leineker played 90 minutes and scored once, and Pugliese played 90 minutes and had one assist. Farrera played 76 minutes and scored once before he was substituted. Martinez played 73 minutes and scored once before he was replaced. De La Vega played 73 minutes and assisted on Almagro’s goal before he was substituted. Carranza played 84 minutes and provided an assist before he was replaced. Leineker’s goal was the final goal of the match. Farrera’s goal was the first of the match. Martinez’s goal was Almagro’s only goal. The match ended 2-1.

Almagro received all three yellow cards in the match. Orlando J. was cautioned in the 28th minute, Asis G. in the 64th and Bustamante F. in the 88th. Almagro made a 15th-minute substitution with Macies T. and another in the 26th with Chamorro S. Martinez E., Bustos J. and De La Vega F. were replaced in the 73rd minute. Guemes substituted Farrera S. in the 76th minute and Carranza J. in the 84th.

Almagro entered the match after a 2-1 win over Chacarita Juniors, a 2-1 win at San Martin S.J. and a 1-0 loss to Nueva Chicago. Guemes had lost 2-0 at Patronato, 1-0 to Colegiales and 2-0 at Quilmes before Sunday’s match. Guemes’s victory came at home after the club had been held scoreless in each of its previous three matches. Almagro had scored four goals and allowed three goals in its first three matches. The match was played at Estadio Arturo Jiya Miranda in Santiago del Estero, Prov. de Santiago del Estero. Guemes’s 1-3 competition record mirrors its 1-3 overall mark, and Almagro’s 2-2 competition record mirrors its 2-2 overall mark.

The first half produced two goals and one yellow card. Farrera scored in the 15th minute, and Almagro made its first substitution in the same minute. Martinez equalized in the 21st, and Orlando J. was booked in the 28th. Almagro made another substitution in the 26th. The second half produced one goal and two yellow cards. Leineker scored in the 70th minute, and Almagro made three substitutions in the 73rd. Asis G. was booked in the 64th, and Bustamante F. was booked in the 88th. Guemes made its two substitutions in the 76th and 84th minutes. Almagro used five substitutions in total, while Guemes used two. The three yellow cards were all issued to Almagro. The match ended with Guemes ahead after Leineker’s second-half goal.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 1-1 final score. Interstat’s ELO system had given Club A. Guemes a 60.2 percent probability to win. Almagro had been installed as the pregame favorite with a spread of -1. The total score of 3 went under the over/under line of 2.25.