Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Independiente 1st with 37 points, Atlético Chiriquí 6th with 3, 34 apart. Atlético Chiriquí ranked just 24th in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Per game in the league, Atlético Chiriquí were scoring 0.56 and conceding 3.56, Independiente 2.44 and 1, against a competition average of 1.22 goals per team per game.
Atlético Chiriquí had lost eight in a row. Independiente had won three straight. Recent form was uneven: 0/15 points for Atlético Chiriquí, 13/15 for Independiente.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Atlético Chiriquí have 3 wins to Independiente's 1, with 1 draw, at 2.8 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
The match was played at Estadio San Cristóbal in Ciudad de David (capacity 2,500). Independiente led 5-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-6 full-time score.