Match Report
Sportivo Luqueño went into the game 9th in the table on 10 points; Sportivo Trinidense sat 4th on 14 — a 4-point gap. On recent form Sportivo Trinidense sat only 16th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, Sportivo Luqueño were scoring 1.25 and conceding 1.88, Sportivo Trinidense 1.75 and 0.75, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
Sportivo Trinidense had won three straight, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 5 for Sportivo Luqueño, 4 for Sportivo Trinidense and 1 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 70% of the meetings. Only 30% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill, capacity 10,000, hosted the game. M. Díaz de Vivar took charge of the match — our records show 98 games refereed with an average of 1.5 yellow cards per game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 1-4.
Goal scorers
Sportivo Luqueño: Walter González (88') · Sportivo Trinidense: Tomas Rayer (49'), Jorge Marcelino (64'), Nicolás Maná (83'), Luis Abreu (85')
Key stats
Possession: Sportivo Luqueño 43% · Sportivo Trinidense 57% · Total shots: 11-17 · On target: 4-9 · Corners: 2-4