Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: La Serena (1st, 70 pts) held a 30-point advantage over Recoleta (5th, 40 pts). Recoleta had been under-performing their position — 10th on five-round form against 5th in the table. Per game in the league, La Serena were scoring 1.4 and conceding 0.5, Recoleta 1.27 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
La Serena were unbeaten in 15, having scored in 12 consecutive games. Over the last five, La Serena had taken 11 of 15 points to Recoleta's 4.
The match was played at Estadio La Portada de La Serena in La Serena (capacity 12,000). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
La Serena: Lionel Altamirano (53')