Sporting San Miguelito

Match report

Sporting San-Miguelito hosted San-Francisco in the eighth round of Panama's Apertura campaign on Monday night, and the visitors took all three points with a 2:1 victory. The result moves San-Francisco further clear in fourth, while Sporting San-Miguelito remain sixth on 18 points after 16 games.

The opening goal came at the quarter-hour mark, though the exact minute was lost. R. Dinolis found the net for the hosts, and for a while it looked as though they would extend their unbeaten run to eight. To be fair, they had the better of the early exchanges and worked the channels with some purpose.

San-Francisco turned things around after the break. V. Medina scored in the 75th minute to put the game to bed early, and by then the home side had already seen V. Pimentel booked in the 63rd. The visitors were left flat-footed at times but managed to weather the pressure in the final quarter-hour.

The statistics told a familiar story: Sporting San-Miguelito registered 151 attacks compared to 114 from the visitors, yet possession remained evenly split at 51 per cent to 49. Many shots with one goal means chances went begging, and here the visitors made their opportunities count when it mattered.

The loss ends Sporting San-Miguelito's recent momentum, having drawn with Deportivo Universitario last time out. We had tipped the hosts to win at 48 per cent confidence, but the match went another way — and honestly, the visitors' higher defensive line proved harder to pick apart than we expected.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 51 – 49

Attacks 151 – 114

Corners 4 – 5

Yellow cards 0 – 1

⚽ 25' R. Dinolis — Goal ⇄ 46' M. Avila — Substitution ⇄ 46' J. Betancourt — Substitution ⇄ 60' K. Bonilla — Substitution ⇄ 61' J. Lopez — Substitution 🟨 63' V. Pimentel — Yellow card ⇄ 74' R. Benitez — Substitution ⚽ 75' V. Medina — Goal ⇄ 77' C. Hormechea — Substitution ⇄ 81' A. Bethancourt — Substitution ⇄ 81' R. Dinolis — Substitution ⇄ 82' E. Carrasquilla — Substitution ⇄ 85' V. Pimentel — Substitution

Match events

25' 0:1 San Francisco FC Goal R. Dinolis
46' 0:1 Sporting San Miguelito Substitution M. Avila off: L. Zuniga
46' 0:1 Sporting San Miguelito Substitution J. Betancourt off: J. I. Ruiz
60' 0:1 San Francisco FC Substitution K. Bonilla off: J. Mendez
61' 0:1 San Francisco FC Substitution J. Lopez off: J. General
63' 0:1 San Francisco FC Yellow card V. Pimentel
74' 0:1 Sporting San Miguelito Substitution R. Benitez off: J. Castillo
75' 0:2 San Francisco FC Goal V. Medina
77' 0:2 Sporting San Miguelito Substitution C. Hormechea off: J. Munoz
81' 0:2 Sporting San Miguelito Substitution A. Bethancourt off: A. Castillo
81' 0:2 San Francisco FC Substitution R. Dinolis off: R. French
82' 0:2 San Francisco FC Substitution E. Carrasquilla off: V. Simmons
85' 0:2 San Francisco FC Substitution V. Pimentel off: S. Palacios

Statistics

51 Possession, % 49

151 Attacks 114

4 Corners 5

0 Free kicks 0

0 Offsides 0

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

5 Goal kicks 10

0 Throw-ins 2

Match prediction: Sporting San Miguelito — San Francisco FC

Win: Sporting San Miguelito

Confidence 48%

Reasoning

Спортинг Сан-Мигелито — 6. place, 18 points after 16 games (4 wins, 6 draws, 6 losses)
Сан-Франциско — 4. place, 20 points after 16 games (5 wins, 5 draws, 6 losses)
Спортинг Сан-Мигелито, last 5 games: 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 losses
Сан-Франциско, last 5 games: 3 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses
Head-to-head: 9 games, Спортинг Сан-Мигелито — 4, 1 draws, Сан-Франциско — 4

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