Match Report
The table read 4th (Sportivo Las Parejas, 23 pts) against 1st (Central Norte, 18 pts), 5 points apart. Sportivo Las Parejas ranked just 63rd in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Sportivo Las Parejas 1.19 scored and 0.81 conceded per game, Central Norte 1.63 and 0.75, with the league averaging 0.94.
Central Norte arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Over the last five, Sportivo Las Parejas had taken 6 of 15 points to Central Norte's 12.
With 54 matches recorded and 1.8 yellow cards per game, M. Billone Carpio was the man in the middle. The venue was Estadio La Perrera in Las Parejas, with room for 10,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Central Norte led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 3-2.