Overview
- Kickoff is set for 8:00 p.m. local time at Alejandro Villanueva, with TV on L1 MAX and streaming via L1 Play and Fanatiz in select markets.
- Peru’s 2025 format settles the national runner-up through playoffs, with the second-placed team in the aggregate table skipping straight to the final.
- Cusco FC currently holds second in the aggregate, but an Alianza victory would push the Lima club above them and reshape playoff seeding.
- Melgar enters its last match needing a win to keep postseason hopes alive, while Sporting Cristal and Cusco FC results also factor into the race.
- Probable XIs list Paolo Guerrero leading Alianza’s attack alongside Sergio Peña and Miguel Trauco, with Carlos Cáceda and Bernardo Cuesta among Melgar’s expected starters; Universitario has already sealed Perú 1 as recent tricampeón.