Match Report
32 points for Once Municipal (6th), 39 for Firpo (2nd): a 7-point gap. Once Municipal had been under-performing their position — 21st on five-round form against 6th in the table. Per game in the league, Once Municipal were scoring 1.3 and conceding 1.15, Firpo 1.7 and 0.8, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game.
Once Municipal had gone 6 games without a win.
Across 8 recorded meetings, Once Municipal have 2 wins to Firpo's 4, with 2 draws, at 4.38 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 63% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 88% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 100%.
Estadio Cuscatlán staged the fixture, a ground that holds 53,400. On the scoreboard, Once Municipal led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-3.
Goal scorers
Once Municipal: Kemal Malcolm (23') · Firpo: Victor Garcia (63'), Elías Josué Gumero Cruz (69'), Enrique Alexander Rivas Jovel (58')
Key stats
Possession: Once Municipal 35% · Firpo 65% · Total shots: 6-15 · On target: 2-7 · Corners: 1-7