Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Independiente del Valle 1st with 68 points, Mushuc Runa 7th with 37, 31 apart. Against a league average of 1.13 goals per team per game, Mushuc Runa ran at 1.18 scored and 1.21 conceded, Independiente del Valle at 2.39 and 1.07.
Independiente del Valle entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 5/15 points for Mushuc Runa against 12/15 for Independiente del Valle.
8 meetings are on record — 1 won by Mushuc Runa, 5 by Independiente del Valle, 2 drawn, at 2.75 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 63% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 63% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 75%.
Estadio Municipal La Cocha staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,200. Independiente del Valle led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-4 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Mushuc Runa: Nicolás Davila (66') · Independiente del Valle: Djorkaeff Reasco (19'), Júnior Sornoza (35'), Djorkaeff Reasco (48'), Matías Perelló (90')
Key stats
Possession: Mushuc Runa 49% · Independiente del Valle 51% · Total shots: 15-21 · On target: 2-9 · Corners: 6-6