Match Report
In the standings it was Champions Academy 5th on 20 points, Deportivo del Este 6th on 9 — separated by 11. Deportivo del Este ranked just 22nd in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Per game in the league, Champions Academy were scoring 1.31 and conceding 2.69, Deportivo del Este 1.13 and 2.56, against a competition average of 1.62 goals per team per game.
Four consecutive defeats weighed on Champions Academy.
The match was played at Estadio Armando Dely Valdés (capacity 4,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 7 more goals closed it at 4-3.