LD Portoviejo beat 22 de Julio 2-0 in the Lliga Pro Serie B Regular Season on August 21st, with goals from Arteaga and Burgos settling a match that could have gone either way. The hosts dug in after a penalty miss and closed the game out with composure.
The opening goal came at seven minutes from Arteaga, catching them with space behind. Then at twenty-seven minutes came the penalty miss, and here's the thing — it was a moment that could have changed everything. By then the visitors had already started to look uncomfortable, their shape beginning to crack. The incident went to review but nothing came of it, and the hosts moved on.
Burgos made it two at thirty-five, and the match was effectively over. The high line was picked apart when it mattered, and that's what separates good sides from decent ones.
Looking at the numbers, possession was almost even at fifty-one percent to forty-nine, but the difference was in efficiency. Five shots on target against three, four off target compared to just one. The visitors earned thirty-six free kicks but couldn't do anything with them, while the hosts earned six corners and took them.
This result keeps LD Portoviejo in ninth place on twenty-seven points after twenty-two games, while 22 de Julio remain eleventh on fifteen points. The hosts have now extended their unbeaten run to three matches, having kept three clean sheets on the spin. For the visitors, it's another defeat to add to their fifteen losses this season, and they'll need to find something different if they want to turn it around.