Match Report
21 points for Independiente (12th), 35 for Deportes Valdivia (3rd): a 14-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Deportes Valdivia: only 7th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Per game in the league, Independiente were scoring 0.91 and conceding 1.55, Deportes Valdivia 1.32 and 1.14, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Deportes Valdivia, winners of their last three, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Independiente 5/15, Deportes Valdivia 12/15.
The venue was Estadio Fiscal de Talca in Talca, with room for 8,200 spectators. On the scoreboard, Deportes Valdivia led 2-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-3.