Selaiá secured a clean sheet victory over Tapachula in the Primera Premier, winning 2-0 on Saturday evening. The hosts dominated possession but found themselves with ten men after a red card in the fifty-third minute. «And here's the thing» — they still controlled the game after that. The result extends Selaiá's unbeaten run to two matches, while Tapachula remain winless.
A. Salazar opened the scoring in the seventy-ninth minute, capitalising on a defensive lapse. J. Varela added a second three minutes later, and that was enough for the hosts. The red card had come earlier, but Selaiá refused to go away after going down to ten men.
By then the match had settled into a rhythm the visitors couldn't break. Selaiá's high line was picked apart on occasion, but Tapachula's finishing let them down. «To be fair» the away side had their moments but couldn't convert them.
The statistics told an uneven story. Selaiá recorded seven shots on target compared to four for the visitors, yet both sides missed roughly the same number of attempts off target. Possession sat at fifty-nine percent for the hosts, though Tapachula registered more total attacks — seventy-five to seventy-two.
Selaiá sit top of the table with two wins and six points from their opening fixtures. Tapachula occupy sixteenth place with zero points from two defeats. The gap between them is already significant in this early stage of the season.
The red card could have derailed Selaiá's momentum, but instead they showed composure. «By then» the visitors had stopped pressing forward as much. The hosts extended their unbeaten run while Tapachula's losing streak deepened.