Match Report
6 points and 3 places separated them: Los Chankas 2nd with 34, Melgar 5th with 28. Los Chankas's recent output lagged their position: 34th on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Los Chankas 1.47 scored and 1.24 conceded per game, Melgar 1.71 and 1.18, with the league averaging 1.39.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Los Chankas 1, draws 2, Melgar 2, at 3.6 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
Estadio Los Chankas, capacity 10,000, hosted the game. R. Pérez Gutierrez officiated: 53 games logged, averaging 2.5 yellow cards each. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Melgar led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-3.
Goal scorers
Melgar: Luis Pretel (27' og), Bernardo Cuesta (36'), Cristian Bordacahar (59')
Key stats
Possession: Los Chankas 58% · Melgar 42% · Total shots: 20-8 · On target: 3-2 · Corners: 7-3