Deportivo Llacuabamba and Union Comercio played out a 1-1 draw in the Segunda División Regular Season round 16 on Saturday, 30 August 2026. The result keeps the table largely unchanged, with the visitors still sitting at the top while the hosts remain in second place.
Union Comercio took the lead in the thirty-third minute through B. Goluz Pena, a tidy finish that silenced the home crowd. The visitors were not troubled immediately, but yellow cards began to accumulate on both sides by the half-hour mark. Q. Guadalupe and J. Segura received bookings for Llacuabamba, while E. Cruz went off the pitch for a caution at forty-two minutes.
The equalizer came late, in the eighty-sixth minute, and by then the game had settled into a rhythm neither side could break. Llacuabamba had dominated possession and created more chances, yet they could not find a way through until the closing stages. The goal meant the home side avoided a third defeat in four matches and kept their top-four hopes alive.
Three changes came together for Llacuabamba in the sixtieth minute, with M. Palacios, G. Guerrero and A. Pinedo brought on in one sweep. J. Segura was then replaced at sixty-six minutes, perhaps a tactical shift rather than an injury. Yellow cards continued to fall — J. Tunqui at sixty-seven and an unnamed player at eighty-one — but no red cards appeared despite the tension.
The statistics tell their own story. Llacuabamba held 57 per cent possession and registered 155 attacks compared with just 63 from Union Comercio. They fired 20 shots, eleven on target, yet only managed one goal. The visitors were more efficient, converting three of their ten attempts into something worth watching.
Before kick-off the gap between the sides was two points, and after ninety minutes it remains the same. Union Comercio sit on 29 points from eight wins, five draws and one defeat, while Llacuabamba are on 27 with three losses to their name. Neither side moved, and neither side lost their nerve.