Overview
- Sporting Cristal beat Cienciano 2–1 at Estadio Alberto Gallardo, overturning a first-half deficit.
- Cristian Souza opened the scoring for the visitors before Leandro Sosa equalized seconds into the second half.
- Catriel Cabellos was sent off minutes after coming on following a VAR review for an elbow on Agustín González, with Edwin Ordóñez issuing the red card.
- Martín Távara won it with a left-footed free kick in stoppage time, reported at 90+3 minutes.
- Cienciano remain eighth on 47 points in the accumulated table and risk losing the final Copa Sudamericana berth, while defender Miguel Araujo urged Cristal to correct defensive lapses despite the win.