BARQUISIMETO (Interstat)—Yaracuyanos defeated visiting Atletico Barinas 1-0 at Estadio Farid Richa on Sunday in a match that stayed scoreless until the closing minutes. The home side scored the only goal in the 88th minute, shortly after Atletico Barinas was reduced to 10 players by a red card in the 82nd minute. Atletico Barinas could not answer before the final whistle. Yaracuyanos protected its unbeaten record in the competition, while Atletico Barinas absorbed its first loss in the competition.

The first half ended without a goal, and the second half followed the same pattern for most of its duration. Neither team broke through before the late sequence that decided the match. Atletico Barinas, the visiting side, remained level until the red card changed the final stretch. Yaracuyanos then found the goal that separated the teams. The teams stayed level through the opening half and for much of the second half, with the scoreboard unchanged until the late red card and goal. The score remained 0-0 until the 88th minute.

The red card was issued to Atletico Barinas in the 82nd minute. The dismissal left the visitors with 10 players for the closing minutes. Yaracuyanos scored in the 88th minute, and that goal stood as the only scoring play of the game. Atletico Barinas finished with no goals, while Yaracuyanos finished with one.

The result moved Yaracuyanos to 3 wins and 0 losses in this competition. Atletico Barinas is now 1 win and 1 loss in the competition. Across all competitions, Yaracuyanos is now 3 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw. Atletico Barinas is 2 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw across all competitions. The competition record for Yaracuyanos remains perfect after the home win, while Atletico Barinas now has one win and one loss in the competition.

Atletico Barinas entered the match after a 5-3 loss at Universidad Central. It had beaten Frontera 4-2 at home and Frontera 3-0 at home earlier in the season, and it had played Zamora to a 0-0 draw on the road. Those results contributed to its overall record before the match. Yaracuyanos entered after a 5-1 win at Urena, a 1-1 home draw with Barquisimeto, a 3-2 home win over Barquisimeto and a 1-0 loss at Caracas.

Yaracuyanos’s season record across all competitions now includes 3 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw. Atletico Barinas’s season record across all competitions now includes 2 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw. In this competition, Yaracuyanos has 3 wins and 0 losses, while Atletico Barinas has 1 win and 1 loss. The match was played at Estadio Farid Richa. Yaracuyanos was the home team, and Atletico Barinas was the visiting team.

The game’s only goal came in the 88th minute. The only red card came in the 82nd minute. Atletico Barinas scored 0 goals total, and Yaracuyanos scored 1 goal total. The home side held the lead after the goal and finished with the win. The visiting side could not produce an equalizing goal in the remaining minutes.

Yaracuyanos’s win added another result to a season that has included play across multiple competitions. Atletico Barinas’s overall record slipped with the loss. The decisive sequence came late, with the red card preceding the only goal. The final score was Yaracuyanos 1, Atletico Barinas 0. The match ended with Yaracuyanos ahead and Atletico Barinas unable to score. No other goals were recorded in the match, and the red card was the only dismissal listed.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Atletico Barinas 2, Yaracuyanos 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Yaracuyanos with a 74.1 percent probability to win. The total score of 1 went over the over/under line of 3.5.