Match Report
Sportivo Luqueño went into the game 9th in the table on 10 points; Libertad sat 2nd on 16 — a 6-point gap. The last five rounds placed Sportivo Luqueño no better than 16th for form, against 9th in the standings. Per game in the league, Sportivo Luqueño were scoring 1.25 and conceding 1.88, Libertad 1.5 and 1.13, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 17 games: 3 Sportivo Luqueño wins, 10 for Libertad, 4 draws, at 2.76 goals per meeting. Only 41% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The venue was Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill, with room for 10,000 spectators. M. Díaz de Vivar took charge of the match — our records show 98 games refereed with an average of 1.5 yellow cards per game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sportivo Luqueño: Aldo Maíz (9' og) · Libertad: Nestor Gimenez (45'), Marcelo Fernandez (54')
Key stats
Possession: Sportivo Luqueño 39% · Libertad 61% · Total shots: 17-21 · On target: 6-9 · Corners: 8-7