SANTA ANA, El Salvador (Interstat) — Platense Municipal scored once before halftime and twice late in the second half to defeat FAS 3-2 on Sunday at Estadio Óscar Alberto Quiteño, overcoming a one-goal deficit and FAS’s early red card. FAS opened the scoring through Yan Maciel in the 23rd minute, but Platense Municipal answered just before halftime and then took control after the break. FAS lost R. Clavel to a red card in the 18th minute, played a man down for most of the match and finished with nine players after K. Carabantes was sent off in the 90th minute. The match turned decisively after Clavel’s dismissal, which left FAS to defend with ten men for more than 70 minutes. Even so, FAS took the lead when Maciel finished the opening chance, and the home side held that advantage until first-half stoppage time.

B. Palacios pulled Platense Municipal even in the third minute of first-half stoppage time. Carlos Bogota put Platense Municipal ahead in the 79th minute, and Jefferson Roque added what proved to be the winner in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time. FAS answered through E. Medrano in the ninth minute of second-half stoppage time, but the late goal only trimmed the final margin. The sequence capped a match that shifted repeatedly after FAS opened with an early goal and then lost Clavel. Platense Municipal pressed higher after halftime and found gaps as FAS chased the game with a reduced lineup. Platense Municipal kept pressing after Roque’s goal, but FAS did not fold. Medrano’s stoppage-time goal came after the visitors had already secured the advantage, and it made the final minutes tense without changing the result. The visitors protected their advantage through the final moments.

The result moved Platense Municipal to three wins, one loss and one draw in the competition, and the same record across all competitions. FAS is now three wins, one loss and two draws in the competition and three wins, one loss and four draws across all competitions. Platense Municipal entered the match after a win at Inca Aruba, a home win over Municipal Limeno, a loss at Alianza FC and a scoreless home draw with Fuerte San Francisco. FAS entered after a scoreless home draw with Fuerte San Francisco, a win at Atletico Balboa, a home win over Alianza FC, another scoreless home draw with Fuerte San Francisco, a home draw with Inca Aruba, a scoreless home draw with Metapan and a win at Municipal Limeno.

Yan Maciel opened the scoring for FAS in the 23rd minute, and E. Medrano added FAS’s second goal in the ninth minute of second-half stoppage time. For Platense Municipal, B. Palacios scored in the third minute of first-half stoppage time, Carlos Bogota scored in the 79th minute and Jefferson Roque scored in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time. Maciel’s early goal gave FAS a short-lived advantage, while Medrano’s late strike kept the home side within reach until the final whistle. Platense Municipal’s scoring spread across Palacios, Bogota and Roque, with Bogota’s goal putting the visitors in front and Roque’s strike creating enough cushion to withstand Medrano’s response. The five goals came from five different players, with Maciel and Medrano supplying FAS’s offense and Palacios, Bogota and Roque accounting for Platense Municipal’s production.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of FAS 1, Platense Municipal 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected FAS with an 88.7 percent probability to win. FAS had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 5 went under the over/under line of 2.5.