Match Report
The table read 3rd (Palestino, 8 pts) against 1st (Fortaleza, 15 pts), 7 points apart. Palestino ranked just 14th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. In league terms the two rates read 1.17/1.17 for Palestino and 2.83/0.83 for Fortaleza (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.34.
Palestino carried a 15-game unbeaten run into this.
With 78 matches recorded and 2.1 yellow cards per game, C. Ortega Jaimes was the man in the middle. The match was played at Estadio El Teniente in Rancagua (capacity 14,450). Fortaleza led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.