Puerto Cabello II 5:3 Club Atletico Barinas: Match Result

Match report

Puerto Cabello II Storm Past Atletico Barinas in Eight-Goal Thriller

Puerto Cabello II beat Atletico Barinas 5-3 in the Segunda Division regular season on Saturday. The hosts put three goals past the visitors in the opening nine minutes before the away side fought back late on. By then, Puerto Cabello had already carved out a lead that would prove too much despite Atletico Barinas finishing strongly. And here's the thing — that first quarter of the match decided everything. The home side struck at the fourth, seventh and ninth minutes to build an early cushion. Atletico Barinas pulled two back at forty and forty-three minutes, but Puerto Cabello held firm until the visitors finally got their third at eighty-six. The closing stages brought one more goal each side. Puerto Cabello added at ninety-one before Atletico Barinas got a late consolation at ninety-five. Three yellow cards for each team and no reds, so the match stayed open through to the end. To be fair, the statistics tell a different story from the result. Atletico Barinas had more attacks — one hundred and twelve to eighty-seven — and slightly more possession at fifty-one percent. But possession and attack numbers don't always translate to goals when matches open like this. The result moves Puerto Cabello closer to the top half of the table. They sit sixth with twenty-nine points from twenty-four games, while Atletico Barinas remain seventh on twenty-seven points. The home side's recent form had been mixed — two losses in their last three — so this win ends a poor run. What it means for the standings is that both teams stay within touching distance of each other. The gap remains two points, and with games still to play, neither side can look too far ahead.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 49 – 51

Attacks 87 – 112

Corners 3 – 4

Free kicks 15 – 16

⚽ 4' Goal ⚽ 7' Goal ⚽ 9' Goal ⚽ 40' Goal ⚽ 43' Goal ⚽ 86' Goal ⚽ 90+1' Goal ⚽ 90+5' Goal

Match events

4' 0:1 Club Atletico Barinas Goal
7' 1:1 Puerto Cabello II Goal
9' 2:1 Puerto Cabello II Goal
40' 2:2 Club Atletico Barinas Goal
43' 3:2 Puerto Cabello II Goal
86' 4:2 Puerto Cabello II Goal
90+1' 5:2 Puerto Cabello II Goal
90+5' 5:3 Club Atletico Barinas Goal

Statistics

49 Possession, % 51

87 Attacks 112

3 Corners 4

15 Free kicks 16

1 Offsides 1

3 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

9 Goal kicks 6

17 Throw-ins 27

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