Match Report
Unión Comercio went into the game 18th in the table on 9 points; Comerciantes Unidos sat 8th on 22 — a 13-point gap. On recent form Comerciantes Unidos sat only 33rd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. Per game in the league, Unión Comercio were scoring 1 and conceding 2, Comerciantes Unidos 1.29 and 1.82, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
Unión Comercio arrived off five straight defeats.
The match was played at Estadio Municipal Carlos Vidaurre García in Tarapoto (capacity 18,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-2.
Goal scorers
Unión Comercio: Jorge Tandazo (27'), Luis Navea (55'), Luis Navea (65') · Comerciantes Unidos: Piero Magallanes (45'), Matias Sen (50')