Overview
- The Liga 1 Clausura match is set for Sunday, Oct. 5 at Estadio Heraclio Tapia in Huánuco.
- L1 MAX will broadcast in Peru via DIRECTV, Best Cable and Claro TV, with streaming on L1 Play and live updates on Depor.
- Alianza Lima seeks a win to stay in the Clausura race after a 2-1 midweek victory over Atlético Grau that followed losses to Universidad de Chile and Cienciano.
- Alianza Universidad enters on four straight defeats and sits bottom, several points from safety in the aggregate standings under Roberto Mosquera.
- For Alianza Lima, Carlos Zambrano and Renzo Garcés form the center-back pair, Guillermo Enrique returns, Gianfranco Chávez is out injured, Piero Cari is absent, and the call-up includes Fernando Gaibor, Pedro Aquino, Pablo Ceppelini, Sergio Peña, Alan Cantero, Hernán Barcos and Paolo Guerrero; local reporting suggests Peña and Cantero could start.