Match Report
The table gap was wide: 26 points between Sporting Cristal (2nd, 41 pts) and Universidad San Martín (17th, 15 pts). Universidad San Martín had been under-performing their position — 32nd on five-round form against 17th in the table. Against a league average of 1.36 goals per team per game, Universidad San Martín ran at 1.17 scored and 2.06 conceded, Sporting Cristal at 2.17 and 0.94.
Sporting Cristal came in having won three on the spin. The last-five ledger: Universidad San Martín 3/15, Sporting Cristal 10/15.
The match was played at Estadio Monumental in Lima (capacity 13,000). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.