Overview
- Kickoff is Saturday at 15:15 local time at Estadio Juan Maldonado Gamarra, with Michael Espinoza Valles appointed as referee.
- Regional start times include 17:15 in Argentina and Chile, 15:15 in Colombia and Peru, and 14:15 in Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
- Comerciantes Unidos enters on a five‑match unbeaten run with back‑to‑back wins under Claudio Biaggio.
- Sporting Cristal arrives off consecutive 0–1 defeats and has dropped three of its past four under Paulo Autori.
- Depor’s betting preview via Stake suggests a low‑scoring game, tipping both teams not to score (1.95), under 2.5 goals (1.80), and a half‑time draw (2.10), with Cristal leading the series 6–2–3 and winning the last meeting 2–0 on June 29.