Match Report
Santiago Wanderers, 10th with 38 points, sat 33 points above Barnechea (16th, 5). The last five rounds placed Barnechea 7th in the league for form — higher than their 16th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Barnechea 1.7 scored and 1.3 conceded per game, Santiago Wanderers 1.5 and 1.3, with the league averaging 1.26.
Momentum sat with Barnechea, winners of their last five, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Barnechea against 6/15 for Santiago Wanderers.
With 41 matches recorded and 1.6 yellow cards per game, M. Araos was the man in the middle. Estadio Municipal de Lo Barnechea in Santiago de Chile staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,000. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.