Match Report
7 points for Sonsonate (3rd), 18 for Alianza (1st): an 11-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Sonsonate: only 40th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Scoring rates set the scale: Sonsonate 0.83 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Alianza 3.17 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.59.
Sonsonate's last five games had all finished level. Alianza's winless run stood at 6.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Sonsonate 0, draws 2, Alianza 4, at 1.5 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 17% of those meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 17% of the meetings went over two goals.
On the scoreboard, it was 2-2 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-3.