Match Report
Orense went into the game 9th in the table on 21 points; Gualaceo sat 11th on 18 — a 3-point gap. On recent form Orense sat only 29th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 9th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Orense 1.13 scored and 1.4 conceded per game, Gualaceo 1.13 and 1.53, with the league averaging 1.24.
Estadio 9 de Mayo in Machala staged the fixture, a ground that holds 16,456. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Orense led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.