Match Report
The table read 4th (Royal Pari, 8 pts) against 2nd (Nacional Potosí, 14 pts), 6 points apart. The last five rounds placed Royal Pari no better than 24th for form, against 4th in the standings. Per game in the league, Royal Pari were scoring 0.88 and conceding 1.25, Nacional Potosí 1.63 and 1.38, against a competition average of 1.5 goals per team per game.
Royal Pari had been beaten in four straight games. Royal Pari had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Nacional Potosí, 7.
Across 8 recorded meetings, Royal Pari have 0 wins to Nacional Potosí's 6, with 2 draws, at 3.88 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 63% of the meetings won by the home side. 75% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
The venue was Estadio Ramón Aguilera Costas in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with room for 38,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Royal Pari led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.
Goal scorers
Royal Pari: José Flores (51'), José Flores (36')