AD Tarma vs U. de Deportes

Three thousand metres above sea level AD Tarma play their home games above three thousand metres, one of the most concrete environmental factors in Peruvian football: sides coming up from the coast struggle to hold the tempo in the second half. Facing them are Universitario de Deportes, one of the country's most decorated clubs, who in the just-concluded Apertura finished fourth with twenty-four goals scored and fifteen conceded, one of the better defensive records in the competition. Two sides that rarely settle for a draw Universitario bring superior quality and squad depth, while ADT in the previous tournament put together twenty-two goals scored and twenty-one conceded, the numbers of a side that joins the play rather than merely defending. In a Liga 1 of moderate scoring but with such a marked home factor, the prospect of a game finding a winner I read at around 68%. An intense-tie preview, with the altitude in a leading role.