Sport Huancayo beat Santos 2-0 in the Segunda División Regular Season round 13 on 8 August. The hosts took control after P. Toledo received a red card on 45+4 minutes, and saw out the match with a second goal on 63 minutes. The result leaves Huancayo four points clear at fourth place, with Santos one point behind in fifth.
J. J. Aguilar opened the scoring on 35 minutes, and Santos were not given much time to respond. Toledo was sent off just before the break, and Huancayo made their advantage plain when they netted again on 63 minutes. The away side had no shots on target throughout, and the match turned after the dismissal.
By then Huancayo already had the shape of a game they could manage. They dominated possession at 54 per cent and registered 102 attacks against 82 for Santos. The visitors could not test the goalkeeper at all — zero shots on target — while the hosts hit five on target from 20 attempts. Things came to a head after the red card, and Santos simply had nothing left to offer.
The statistics tell the story without embellishment. Huancayo earned five corners to Santos' two, and also picked up three yellow cards against one for the visitors. The away side's clean-sheet run came to an end, and their recent form — including a 3-1 win earlier and losses to Ayacucho and Cultural-Sant-Rosa — suggests this was another stumble for a team already under pressure.
The table now shows Huancayo on 22 points from 15 games, with six wins, four draws and five defeats. Santos sit on 21 points after six wins, three draws and six losses. The gap is small, but the momentum has shifted. Huancayo had drawn their last two before this win, and the result gives them breathing room at a crucial stage of the season.
