Alliance Lima faces Unión Comercio in Nueva Cajamarca. The intimate set the match up in the best possible way but encountered bad luck when two of its most important players got injured in less than 15 minutes.
Kevin Quevedo was the first to leave the field to be replaced by Lionard Pajoy, while Óscar Vílchez had to leave so that Alejandro Hohberg could enter.
PREVIEW
Alliance Lima has one of its last chances, or maybe the last one, to fight for the Apertura Tournament this Sunday at 1:30 pm when visiting Unión Comercio. None of the two teams managed to get a victory in the previous match, so both will be looking for the three points from the first minute. These matches between both teams tend to be quite entertaining and with goals, so it will be one of the most attractive ones of Matchday 10. Broadcasted by GOL Peru.
If Alliance Lima wins this match against Unión Comercio, it could reach the top of the Apertura Tournament after Sport Huancayo's defeat against Municipal. However, it still needs to wait for what Real Garcilaso does when facing Universitario de Deportes in the Monumental. Alliance Lima comes from drawing against the last place in the standings, Cantolao, so it must recover from the tough blow suffered in Matute last Wednesday when it managed to rescue one point in the 92nd minute with a header goal by Alejandro Hohberg.
Alliance Lima hasn't won for two matches, as they previously suffered a defeat against UTC Cajamarca and went from having clear chances of being the absolute leader to having a minimal margin of error if they want to keep fighting for the top positions. Alliance Lima's last victory was the 4-1 achieved in Matute against Sport Rosario on June 25th.
On the other hand, Unión Comercio has a quite irregular present in the Apertura Tournament, as they usually perform well at home but not away. Their last two home matches were a resounding 3-1 victory against Universidad San Martín and another great 4-0 victory against Sport Huancayo. They come from losing 2-1 against Real Garcilaso in Cusco and currently have 10 points in the standings.
The last match between Alliance Lima and Unión Comercio was in the 2016 Clausura, when Unión Comercio took the 3 points from Matute with a lone goal.