Match Report
1 points and 0 places separated them: El Salvador 2nd with 8, Guatemala 2nd with 9. The last five rounds placed El Salvador no better than 42nd for form, against 2nd in the standings. Against a league average of 1.56 goals per team per game, El Salvador ran at 1.75 scored and 0.5 conceded, Guatemala at 3.25 and 1.25.
A win had eluded Guatemala for 5 matches.
14 meetings are on record — 5 won by El Salvador, 5 by Guatemala, 4 drawn, at 1.79 goals per meeting. Only 36% of these meetings ended in a home win. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 21% of meetings.
Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador, capacity 53,400, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Guatemala: Ó. Santis (46')