Match Report
12 points for Panama (1st), 8 for El Salvador (2nd): a 4-point gap. El Salvador's recent output lagged their position: 42nd on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Against a league average of 1.56 goals per team per game, Panama ran at 1.5 scored and 0.67 conceded, El Salvador at 1.75 and 0.5.
Panama carried an 11-game unbeaten run into this. El Salvador entered with four losses in a row. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Panama against 3/15 for El Salvador.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 6 for Panama, 1 for El Salvador and 1 drawn, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 63% of the meetings.
Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez in Ciudad de Panamá staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Panama led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-0.
Goal scorers
Panama: José Luis Rodríguez (85'), César Blackman (17'), Éric Davis (45')