Match Report: Shiko 0-0 Deportivo Pasto
Shiko and Deportivo Pasto played out a goalless draw in the twelfth round of the Clausura tournament at Estadio La Independencia on Friday evening. The result keeps both sides on their respective paths through the table, with the home side remaining in eighteenth place and the visitors holding third. By then, neither manager had much to celebrate after a match that refused to yield.
The game settled into a cautious rhythm early on, with both sides aware of what was at stake. Shiko, who had felt the pressure in their recent run of results, seemed content to keep things tight. Deportivo Pasto controlled more of the ball but found themselves unable to break through a disciplined defence. To be fair, the visitors created more opportunities, but conversion rates told a different story.
The statistics paint a clear picture of the imbalance. Deportivo Pasto enjoyed 56 per cent possession and registered 1.31 expected goals, while Shiko managed 44 per cent possession with 0.73 xG. The away side attempted 96 attacks compared to 72 from the hosts, yet shots on target told a tale of frustration — five for Shiko against three for Deportivo Pasto. The table goes out of the window in these games, as one miss can change everything.
Substitutions began in the second half, with both managers looking for an edge. Shiko brought on Derik Osede and Jacobo Pimentel before half-time, while Deportivo Pasto introduced Diego Gabriel Chavez and Franco Leys around the sixty-eighth minute mark. The home side earned a yellow card for E. Sarria before he was eventually replaced, while the away side kept a clean sheet on disciplinary matters throughout.
The result leaves Shiko with seventeen points from nineteen games, still searching for consistency after five wins and twelve defeats. Deportivo Pasto sit on thirty-four points, having won ten and drawn four, but this draw offers little comfort after their recent victories over Once Caldas and América de Cali. One mistake ends it, and neither side could afford to slip up tonight.
