Match Report
The table gap was wide: 19 points between Mixco (2nd, 44 pts) and Achuapa (7th, 25 pts). Achuapa had been under-performing their position — 19th on five-round form against 7th in the table. Per game in the league, Mixco were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.91, Achuapa 1 and 1.32, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Achuapa entered with three losses in a row. Mixco had banked 8 of the last 15 points on offer; Achuapa, 2.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 2 for Mixco, 6 for Achuapa and 2 drawn, at 2.4 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 70% of the meetings. The last five meetings averaged 3.6 goals, well above the all-time 2.4.
The venue was Estadio Julio Armando Cóbar, with room for 26,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Mixco: Christian Ojeda (60')
Key stats
Possession: Mixco 56% · Achuapa 44% · Total shots: 18-5 · On target: 4-0 · Corners: 8-3