Match Report
Santa Lucia, 12th on 19 points, faced a 15-point deficit to Malacateco (4th, 34). Santa Lucia's recent output lagged their position: 24th on form over five rounds while 12th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Santa Lucia 0.64 scored and 1.36 conceded per game, Malacateco 1.36 and 1.18, with the league averaging 1.27.
A win had eluded Malacateco for 7 matches.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Santa Lucia win, 1 for Malacateco, 2 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 25% of meetings.
The match was played at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in Cotzumalguapa (capacity 9,000). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.