Match Report
Patronato went into the game 3rd in the table on 6 points; Olimpia sat 1st on 14 — an 8-point gap. Patronato had been under-performing their position — 19th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Against a league average of 1.3 goals per team per game, Patronato ran at 1 scored and 1.83 conceded, Olimpia at 2.17 and 0.67.
Olimpia had won five straight. The last-five ledger: Patronato 7/15, Olimpia 15/15.
The referee was J. Valenzuela Sáez, with 100 matches in our database and 3.0 yellows per game on average. The venue was Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella in Paraná, with room for 22,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Olimpia led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.