LA PAZ (Interstat) — The Strongest defeated visiting GV San Jose 4-2 on Sunday at Estadio Hernando Siles, with Darwin Lom recording two goals and Luis Cueto providing a late finish for the home side. The Strongest, playing at home, scored four goals total, while GV San Jose scored twice. GV San Jose had to play most of the match with 10 men after Costa A. was sent off in the 19th minute. The result left both teams with 2 wins and 2 losses in this competition. The match took place at Estadio Hernando Siles in La Paz, with The Strongest as the home team and GV San Jose as the visiting team. Six goals were scored in the match.

The key performances, in descending order of importance, included Lom’s two-goal effort in 44 minutes for The Strongest. Alex Caceres scored once for GV San Jose while on the field for the full 90 minutes. Adrian Estacio scored once in 88 minutes for The Strongest. Ronaldo Monteiro scored once in 70 minutes for GV San Jose. Cueto scored once in two minutes for The Strongest, and Walter Araujo recorded an assist in 70 minutes for GV San Jose. Lom’s two-goal statline led the listed key performances for the match.

Monteiro opened the scoring in the 26th minute for GV San Jose, with Araujo assisting. The Strongest answered with goals from Lom and Estacio, while Caceres scored for GV San Jose. Cueto closed the scoring in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time. The red card to Costa came before the first goal and left the visitors short-handed early, after yellow cards to GV San Jose’s Aguilar F. in the 14th minute and Vargas L. in the 18th minute.

Yellow cards also went to The Strongest’s Ventura C. in the 42nd minute and Welch J. in the 45th minute, and to GV San Jose’s Quispe E. in the 51st minute and Vaca G. in the 75th minute. Substitutions for The Strongest included Welch J. and Ventura C. in the 46th minute, Quaglio F. and Saucedo W. in the 69th minute, and Estacio A. in the 88th minute. GV San Jose made substitutions involving Rivas R. in the 46th minute, Quispe E. in the 56th minute, Monteiro R. and Araujo W. in the 70th minute, and Goyeneche J. in the 81st minute.

GV San Jose entered the match after a home win over Blooming on Saturday and had recent results that included a loss at Tomayapo, a home win over Guabira, a loss at Independiente, a home win over Blooming, a loss at Bolivar and a home loss to Independiente. The Strongest entered after a road loss to Oriente Petrolero on Sunday and had also drawn at Always Ready, beaten Always Ready at home, lost at Real Potosi, lost at Guabira, beaten Universitario de Vinto at home, drawn at Oriente Petrolero and beaten Guabira at home.

GV San Jose’s season record in this competition is now 2 wins and 2 losses. The Strongest’s season record in this competition is now 2 wins and 2 losses. Across all competitions, GV San Jose is now 3 wins and 5 losses. The Strongest is now 4 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of The Strongest 4, GV San Jose 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected The Strongest with a 95.9 percent probability to win. The Strongest had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -2. The total score of 6 went under the over/under line of 3.5.