Santa Ana moved into third place with a 3-2 victory over Carmelita in the second round of the Liga de Asenso regular season. The match took place on 9 August 2026, and the visitors took all three points despite trailing for portions of the contest. Santa Ana now sit on 12 points from five games, while Carmelita remain in tenth with five points from six matches.
B. Jimenez opened the scoring for the hosts in the eighth minute, but S. Gonzalez responded quickly to level matters sixteen minutes in. D. Duarte restored Carmelita's advantage in the thirty-fifth minute, and that is where things stood until the fifty-sixth minute when Santa Ana struck back. The goal came without a named scorer on the record.
To be fair, the visitors had been fuller of intent in recent weeks. Their only defeat in five outings came against Pitbulls Santa Bárbara, and they have won four of their matches so far. Carmelita, by comparison, have drawn twice and lost three times, with a heavy 3-0 defeat to Uruguay among their results.
The statistics tell a familiar story — one team controls possession while the other takes their chances. Santa Ana did not dominate every phase, but they made their moments count. Carmelita created opportunities and worked hard, yet the extra goal proved decisive.
The result extends Santa Ana's unbeaten run to four matches and keeps them in contention for the upper half of the table. Carmelita's search for consistency continues, and they will need to tighten up defensively if they are to climb away from the bottom three.