Overview
- After matchday 15, Alianza leads with 36 points and Los Chankas trail with 33 ahead of their Fecha 16 clash at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, known as Matute.
- Los Chankas will face Alianza without Carlos Pimienta, who was sent off, and Jorge Palomino, who is suspended after five yellow cards.
- Alianza controls the race with two games left, while Los Chankas must beat them and then win again, with a 12‑goal gap in goal difference now against them (+19 to +7).
- Alianza set up the scenario by beating Cienciano 1-0 in Cusco through Marco Huamán, a win that Cienciano coach Horacio Melgarejo said involved time‑wasting once Alianza had a man advantage.
- In the women’s league, Universitario won 3-1 at Matute to move top of the Apertura, as players walked out with rescue dogs in an adoption drive run by Cemento Sol and Fundación Huellas Perú.