Match Report
In the standings it was Alianza Lima 4th on 1 points, Racing Club 2nd on 15 — separated by 14. On recent form Alianza Lima sat only 30th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, Alianza Lima were scoring 0.67 and conceding 1.83, Racing Club 1.5 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.45 goals per team per game.
Racing Club's unbeaten run stood at 8, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Alianza Lima had banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Racing Club, 11.
The match was played at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in Lima (capacity 8,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.