Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Magallanes 2nd with 52 points, Barnechea 16th with 5, 47 apart. Barnechea had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Against a league average of 1.26 goals per team per game, Barnechea ran at 1.7 scored and 1.3 conceded, Magallanes at 1.53 and 0.97.
Barnechea had not lost in 12 games, having scored in 9 consecutive games.
The match was played at Estadio Municipal de Lo Barnechea in Santiago de Chile (capacity 12,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Magallanes led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.