Match Report
Colonial went into the game 4th in the table on 4 points; Academia Mascherano sat 3rd on 7 — a 3-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Colonial: only 35th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Scoring rates set the scale: Colonial 1.33 scored and 1.67 conceded per game, Academia Mascherano 0.83 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.07.
Colonial arrived off three straight defeats.
4 meetings are on record — 0 won by Colonial, 3 by Academia Mascherano, 1 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won. Only 25% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The venue was Estadio de Club Colonial in Ferré, with room for 1,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 4-0.