Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Cibao 2nd with 41 points, Vega Real 8th with 20, 21 apart. On the form table Vega Real stood 4th over the last five rounds, despite being 8th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Vega Real 1.33 scored and 1.44 conceded per game, Cibao 2.06 and 0.61, with the league averaging 1.42.
Vega Real had lost four in a row. Vega Real had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Cibao, 7.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 0 for Vega Real, 4 for Cibao and 1 drawn, at 2.6 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 80% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings.
It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Vega Real: Jean Dieulemps (30') · Cibao: Carlos Ventura (13'), Julio Murillo (59'), Walter Ruben Acuna (80')