Match Report
8 points and 2 places separated them: Melgar 3rd with 7, Palmeiras 1st with 15. On recent form Melgar sat only 21st league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Against a league average of 1.23 goals per team per game, Melgar ran at 0.33 scored and 1.5 conceded, Palmeiras at 2.17 and 0.17.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Palmeiras, having scored in 13 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Melgar 5/15, Palmeiras 13/15.
The match was played at Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín in Arequipa (capacity 60,000). Palmeiras led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-4 full-time score.