Match Report
6 points and 1 places separated them: Junior FC 3rd with 6, Independiente del Valle 2nd with 12. Recent form told a different story for Junior FC: only 17th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Per game in the league, Junior FC were scoring 1.33 and conceding 2, Independiente del Valle 2.33 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.45 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Independiente del Valle in 7 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
The venue was Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla, with room for 46,692 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-1.