San Martín S.J. lost 2-0 to Temperley in the second half of the match. Temperley's goals gave the visiting team the win. The visiting team was ecstatic about their win in the previous match, while the home team was coming off a draw in their last match. Temperley came off a 1-1 draw against Nueva Chicago. San Martín S.J. arrived with an advantage after defeating Deportivo Maipú 2-1. The referee chosen to direct the match at the Alfredo Beranger stadium was Javier Delbarba. Temperley lined up with a 4-4-2 formation with Ezequiel Mastrolía under the three posts; Lorenzo Monti, Oswaldo Pacheco, Valentín Aguiñagalde and Lucas Angelini in the backline; Pedro Souto, Franco Díaz, Adrián Arregui and Franco Benítez in the midfield; and Gabriel Hauche and Facundo Krüger as forwards. On the other hand, Alejandro Schiapparelli took the field with a 2-5-3 strategy, with goalkeeper Sebastián Díaz Robles; Emanuel Aguilera, Hernán Zuliani in the defensive wall; Federico Murillo, Manuel Cocca, Guillermo Acosta, Nicolás Pelaitay and Gabriel Hachen in the midfield; and Bruno Juncos, Nazareno Funez and Sebastián Jaurena as forwards.