Match Report
7 points and 3 places separated them: Comerciantes 2nd with 26, Ayacucho 5th with 19. On recent form Comerciantes sat only 10th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Comerciantes 1.5 scored and 0.94 conceded per game, Ayacucho 1.27 and 1.27, with the league averaging 1.19.
Comerciantes were winless in 5. Recent form was uneven: 3/15 points for Comerciantes, 9/15 for Ayacucho.
6 meetings are on record — 3 won by Comerciantes, 1 by Ayacucho, 2 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 33% of meetings.
On the scoreboard, Comerciantes led 1-0 at the break; 5 second-half goals set the final 5-1.
Goal scorers
Comerciantes: Victor Perlaza (22'), Hideyoshi Arakaki (51'), Victor Perlaza (53'), Daniel Pinedo Araujo (62'), Piero Javier Vela Arimuya (77') · Ayacucho: James Morales (87')
Key stats
Possession: Comerciantes 50% · Ayacucho 50% · Total shots: 12-2 · On target: 6-1 · Corners: 7-3