Match Report
In the standings it was Tigres 3rd on 10 points, Patriotas Boyacá 8th on 8 — separated by 2. The last five rounds placed Tigres no better than 39th for form, against 3rd in the standings. Against a league average of 1.1 goals per team per game, Tigres ran at 1.2 scored and 0.4 conceded, Patriotas Boyacá at 1.8 and 1.6.
A win had eluded Tigres for 5 matches.
6 meetings are on record — 2 won by Tigres, 3 by Patriotas Boyacá, 1 drawn, at 2.17 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 67% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Estadio Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento (capacity 8,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Tigres: Luis Palacios (90') · Patriotas Boyacá: Kevin Andrés Álvarez Carvajal (69')
Key stats
Possession: Tigres 48% · Patriotas Boyacá 52% · Total shots: 16-13 · On target: 5-1 · Corners: 2-4