Overview
- Both matches are scheduled for Sunday at 15:00 local time, with Augusto Menéndez Laos refereeing Cienciano vs Ayacucho at the Inca Garcilaso and Edwin Ordoñez Medina overseeing Sport Huancayo vs Cusco FC at the IPD Huancayo.
- Cienciano must win to keep a Copa Sudamericana chance alive and then rely on Sport Huancayo and ADT failing to win, with a draw requiring additional favorable results including a Los Chankas stumble.
- Ayacucho can avoid relegation only with a victory combined with a UTC defeat to Alianza Lima; any other outcome sends them to Liga 2.
- Cusco FC seek points in Huancayo to secure second place in the aggregate table and access phase 2 of the playoff, while Sport Huancayo enter the finale without a stake in the Clausura standings.
- Depor’s betting preview for Huancayo–Cusco favors goals, recommending both teams to score and over 2.5 goals, and notes odds of 2.25 for Sport Huancayo, 3.30 for the draw, and 2.91 for Cusco FC.