Match Report
11 points and 2 places separated them: Estudiantes Mérida 3rd with 4, Nacional 1st with 15. The last five rounds placed Estudiantes Mérida no better than 25th for form, against 3rd in the standings. Per game in the league, Estudiantes Mérida were scoring 1.33 and conceding 2, Nacional 1.5 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.45 goals per team per game.
Estudiantes Mérida came in having won six on the spin, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida in Mérida, capacity 42,200, hosted the game. Nacional led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-3 full-time score.