Match Report
Cusco FC, 5th with 29 points, sat 20 points above Unión Comercio (18th, 9). On recent form Unión Comercio sat only 29th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 18th overall. Per game in the league, Unión Comercio were scoring 1 and conceding 2, Cusco FC 1.29 and 1.24, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Unión Comercio. Cusco FC carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 3/15 points for Unión Comercio, 11/15 for Cusco FC.
M. Palomino officiated: 58 games logged, averaging 2.0 yellow cards each. Estadio Municipal Carlos Vidaurre García in Tarapoto staged the fixture, a ground that holds 18,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 2-2 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-3.