Sport Huancayo defeated Carlos Mannucci 1-0 at the Huancayo Stadium on Friday, with a crucial goal from Lucas Cano making the difference and ending the home team’s seven-game winless streak in the First Division.
Cano scored the only goal of the game for Sport Huancayo in the 25th minute, when he headed the ball into the net. The striker finished high to the center of the goal after combining with Matías Pérez García.
With these victories, Huancayo has accumulated six games without losing against Mannucci (4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses).
DID YOU KNOW?
It was the first 1-0 loss of the season for Mannucci.
Huancayo ended a streak of 199 minutes without goals in the First Division. Prior to the game, they had not scored since Lucas Cano’s goal in the April 12 loss to Cienciano.
Highlights
CONSEQUENCES:
Sport Huancayo rises to ninth place with 17 points in 13 games. Sport Huancayo added its fifth league victory of the campaign.
After extending their winless streak as a visitor to 14 games (0 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses), Carlos Mannucci’s team is in 17th place with 11 points.
ON THE GOAL SCORES:
Cano has scored six goals in the league this season, making him the team’s leading scorer, as well as the fourth leading scorer in the league overall. In total, Joel Pinto has kept a clean sheet in eight appearances in the competition this season.
INJURY REPORT:
No players were removed due to injury.
INFLUENCE OF THE VAR:
No play was disallowed as a result of VAR.