Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Santiago Morning 6th with 40 points, Barnechea 16th with 5, 35 apart. On the form table Barnechea stood 7th over the last five rounds, despite being 16th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Barnechea 1.7 scored and 1.3 conceded per game, Santiago Morning 1.17 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.26.
Barnechea came in having won three on the spin. Three consecutive defeats weighed on Santiago Morning.
6 meetings are on record — 1 won by Barnechea, 2 by Santiago Morning, 3 drawn, at 2.17 goals per meeting. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Estadio Municipal de Lo Barnechea in Santiago de Chile staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.