Isidro Metapán saw off Alianza 2:0 on Saturday night in the sixth round of the Apertura phase. The hosts opened the scoring through R. Cruz in the fortieth minute before K. Reyes sealed the result with a late strike in the eighty-ninth. Two clean sheets in a row for the home side, and they sit third on fourteen points now.
Cruz found his range at the half-hour mark, just as Alianza looked comfortable after their draw with Cacahuatique. And here's the thing — the home side had been quiet for most of the opening spell. That goal shifted the tempo entirely. Alianza pushed forward after that, but the break came too soon for them.
Reyes added a second when the clock showed eighty-nine minutes. To be fair, Alianza had created nothing meaningful since the opening goal. They finished with five shots on target, same as the hosts, but the home side made them count. By then the match was effectively over.
The statistics tell a straightforward story. Metapán registered ninety-seven attacks to Alianza's eighty-nine, but it was the quality of those attacks that separated the sides. Five shots on target each, but the home side converted two. Possession sat at fifty-three per cent for Isidro, and that control showed in the final third.
The result moves Metapán to fourteen points from seven games, two behind the leaders. Alianza remain eighth on eight points after six matches. They have a game in hand, but this was a day where they could not find a way back.
