Match Report
The table read 5th (Sport Huancayo, 27 pts) against 14th (Deportivo Municipal, 21 pts), 6 points apart. On recent form Sport Huancayo sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Sport Huancayo 1.67 scored and 1.39 conceded per game, Deportivo Municipal 1.06 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.26.
Sport Huancayo carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this. The last-five ledger: Sport Huancayo 9/15, Deportivo Municipal 3/15.
The venue was Estadio Huancayo in Huancayo, with room for 20,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.