Match Report
2 points and 1 places separated them: Royal Pari 4th with 8, Oriente Petrolero 3rd with 10. Oriente Petrolero ranked just 28th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Per game in the league, Royal Pari were scoring 0.88 and conceding 1.25, Oriente Petrolero 1.13 and 1.63, against a competition average of 1.5 goals per team per game.
10 meetings are on record — 4 won by Royal Pari, 3 by Oriente Petrolero, 3 drawn, at 3.1 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 20% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 70% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
Estadio Ramón Aguilera Costas in Santa Cruz de la Sierra staged the fixture, a ground that holds 38,000. On the scoreboard, Royal Pari led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Royal Pari: José Flores (45'), Tobías Moriceau (90') · Oriente Petrolero: Marcos Riquelme (85')