Independiente Petrolero

Match report

Independiente Petrolero edged Gualtberto Villarroel 1-0 in the Apertura's fifteenth round on Sunday night. The hosts claimed all three points at home, extending a run that had seen them win two of their last five while the visitors lost their last outing to Always Ready. R. Zamora's twenty-ninth-minute strike proved the difference.

The goal came from a well-worked move that cut through the visitors' defence before Zamora finished from close range. By then the match was already tilting toward tension. The visitors had created more but could not convert, and then came the moment that changed everything. A. Mercado received a second yellow card in the fifty-eighth minute, sending him off and leaving his side to play with ten men for thirty-two minutes.

The statistics tell a story of frustration for the visitors. They held 53 per cent possession and created four big chances compared to Petrolero's one, but their shots on target numbered just two from eleven attempts. Petrolero were sharper, landing four shots on target from eleven attempts. The hosts also completed more passes in their own half and made fewer errors, but what mattered was how they handled the pressure after the red card.

Petrolero now sit fifth with twenty-five points from seventeen matches, two ahead of the teams below them. Villarroel remain sixteenth with fourteen points, and the gap to safety has not narrowed. The visitors had drawn three of their last five before this defeat, but they paid for a sloppy opening and then could not recover once down to ten men.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 47 – 53

Shots on target 4 – 2

Shots off target 7 – 9

Big chances 1 – 4

⚽ 29' R. Zamora — Goal 🟨 44' R. Cardozo — Yellow card 🟨 44' D. Navarro — Yellow card ⇄ 46' L. Zeballos — Substitution ⇄ 46' A. Aramayo — Substitution ⇄ 46' R. Zamora — Substitution ⇄ 46' Gean — Substitution ⇄ 46' C. Urdininea — Substitution ⇄ 46' Matheus Moresche — Substitution 🟨 47' S. Torres — Yellow card 🟨 58' A. Mercado — Yellow card 🟨 58' A. Mercado — Yellow card 🟥 58' A. Mercado — Red card ⇄ 64' E. Quispe — Substitution 🟨 72' G. Arauz — Yellow card ⇄ 75' L. Vargas — Substitution ⇄ 77' R. Cardozo — Substitution ⇄ 78' G. Cristaldo — Substitution ⇄ 78' R. Cardozo — Substitution

Match events

29' 1:0 Independiente Petrolero Goal R. Zamora
44' 1:0 Independiente Petrolero Yellow card R. Cardozo
44' 1:0 Independiente Petrolero Yellow card D. Navarro
46' 1:0 Gualberto Villarroel SJ Substitution L. Zeballos off: J. Goyeneche
46' 1:0 Gualberto Villarroel SJ Substitution A. Aramayo off: J. Ramallo
46' 1:0 Independiente Petrolero Substitution R. Zamora off: K. Sanchez
46' 1:0 Independiente Petrolero Substitution Gean off: A. Mercado
46' 1:0 Independiente Petrolero Substitution C. Urdininea off: S. Torres
46' 1:0 Gualberto Villarroel SJ Substitution Matheus Moresche off: R. Ferrufino
47' 1:0 Independiente Petrolero Yellow card S. Torres
58' 1:0 Independiente Petrolero Yellow card A. Mercado
58' 1:0 Independiente Petrolero Yellow card A. Mercado
58' 1:0 Independiente Petrolero Red card A. Mercado
64' 1:0 Gualberto Villarroel SJ Substitution E. Quispe off: S. Pinto
72' 1:0 Gualberto Villarroel SJ Yellow card G. Arauz
75' 1:0 Gualberto Villarroel SJ Substitution L. Vargas off: R. Monteiro
77' 1:0 Independiente Petrolero Substitution R. Cardozo off: J. Bejarano
78' 1:0 Independiente Petrolero Substitution G. Cristaldo off: L. Palma
78' 1:0 Independiente Petrolero Substitution R. Cardozo off: J. Bejarano

Statistics

47 Possession, % 53

4 Shots on target 2

7 Shots off target 9

1 Big chances 4

86 Attacks 110

2 Corners 4

13 Fouls 11

11 Free kicks 13

1 Offsides 2

4 Yellow cards 1

1 Red cards 0

19 Goal kicks 7

12 Throw-ins 20

All statistics

7/1937% Aerial duels 12/1963%

49 Backward passes 59

2 Blocked shots 5

18 Clearances 19

1/128% Crosses 7/2330%

5/1145% Dribbles 6/1638%

83 Failed passes 67

2 Goalkeeper saves 3

9 Interceptions 6

10 Key passes 13

20/5834% Long passes 48/7267%

62 Passes into the final third 71

241 Passes in the opposition half 267

152 Passes in own half 181

0.31 Shot accuracy 0.13

6 Shots from outside the box 6

7 Shots inside the box 10

19/2479% Tackles 10/1283%

381 Total passes 425

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