Oriente Petrolero saw off Bullo Bullo 4-0 in the Apertura round 16 of the Primera División on August 22nd. The hosts opened the scoring through N. Roldan in the 22nd minute and never looked back, adding three more goals to secure all three points. It was a day where the home side made their chances count, while the visitors struggled to create anything meaningful.
Roldan had the first say in the 22nd minute, then came for a cross he never reached when he missed a penalty in the 51st. By then the game was slipping away for Bullo Bullo, who had already seen F. Rodriguez sent off the pitch for C. Preciado at the break. Roldan knocked in his second in the 53rd, and L. Vaca added a third in the 83rd before A. Pena converted a penalty in stoppage time.
And here's the thing about the statistics — Bullo Bullo held 54 per cent possession but managed just two shots on target compared to Oriente's eight. The visitors created zero big chances while the hosts produced six. There were 13 shots off target for Oriente against seven for the away side, and the shot accuracy tells its own story: 30 per cent versus 17 per cent.
The yellow cards piled up for the visitors, with R. Ballivian, C. Machado and Wagner Vidal all booked. Oriente picked up a single card through F. Gonzales Mejia. The home side won 11 aerial duels to 11 for the visitors, but it was in the final third where the difference showed — 59 passes into the opposition half for Oriente against just 30 for Bullo Bullo.
Oriente Petrolero sit fourth in the table with 27 points from 17 games, five points clear of the visitors who remain in 13th place with 17 points. The result ended Bullo Bullo's recent run of form, having lost their last two matches including a 1-0 defeat to Aururra and a 4-1 hammering by Bolívar. Oriente, meanwhile, bounced back from their 1-2 loss to Strongest with a convincing display.