Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Ben Hur 2nd with 32 points, Unión Santiago 3rd with 13, 19 apart. On recent form Ben Hur sat only 161st league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Unión Santiago 1.33 scored and 0.83 conceded per game, Ben Hur 1.3 and 0.9, with the league averaging 1.23.
12 matches unbeaten backed Unión Santiago's arrival. Defeat had followed defeat for Ben Hur — three in succession. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Unión Santiago against 1/15 for Ben Hur.
The venue was Estadio de Unión Santiago, with room for 5,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.