Match Report
Deportivo Pereira went into the game 12th in the table on 28 points; Unión Magdalena sat 15th on 21 — a 7-point gap. On recent form Deportivo Pereira sat only 52nd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 12th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Deportivo Pereira 1.1 scored and 1.05 conceded per game, Unión Magdalena 1.1 and 1.6, with the league averaging 1.15.
A win had eluded Deportivo Pereira for 5 matches.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Deportivo Pereira 1, draws 2, Unión Magdalena 1, at 2.25 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won.
The match was played at Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas in Pereira (capacity 35,342). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.
Goal scorers
Deportivo Pereira: Jhon Largacha (5'), Samy Jr. Merheg (79') · Unión Magdalena: Héctor Urrego (34'), Fabián Cantillo (65')