San Francisco held Independiente de la Chorrera to a narrow 2:1 victory in the fourth round of the Apertura. The result keeps both sides level on 20 points after 16 games, though the hosts sit fourth while their visitors occupy third. By then, the table had barely shifted from where it stood before kickoff.
K. Bonilla opened the scoring in the twenty-seventh minute and here's the thing — he would not be done. A. Valverde replied for the visitors just twelve minutes later, catching the home side out of position. E. Giron picked up a yellow card in the thirty-fourth minute as tensions rose. J. Wood followed suit three minutes after that.
Bonilla restored his side's lead in the sixty-sixth minute, extending his personal tally to two. K. Bonilla received a yellow card himself in the sixty-seventh minute, a reminder of his involvement. The visitors could not find an equaliser despite pushing forward.
Substitutions began in the sixty-fourth minute with V. Medina coming on, and the game opened up from there. O. Browne and R. Dinolis both entered in the seventieth minute, while J. Gonzalez and O. Berrocal arrived together in the seventy-sixth. E. Giron and A. Valverde were both replaced in the eightieth minute. L. Tejada collected a yellow card in the seventy-eighth minute as the visitors grew desperate.
Both teams registered 78 attacks, though San Francisco took four corners to their opponents' two. The hosts had five shots on target with nine off target, while the visitors managed four on target and three wide. Possession sat at 51 per cent for San Francisco and 49 per cent for Independiente.
The draw brought them together early in the standings, both sides level on 20 points. San Francisco held fourth place while Independiente occupied third. By then, the gap between them remained minimal.