Match Report
22 points separated the sides: Racing Porto Palmeiras 1st on 77, Escorpiones 7th on 55. Escorpiones's recent output lagged their position: 14th on form over five rounds while 7th in the table. Per game in the league, Racing Porto Palmeiras were scoring 1.44 and conceding 0.56, Escorpiones 1.19 and 0.91, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Racing Porto Palmeiras in 15 games, having scored in 14 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Racing Porto Palmeiras against 6/15 for Escorpiones.
On the scoreboard, Escorpiones led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.