How it happened
Cúcuta Deportivo beat Deportivo Pereira 4-0 on Matchday 13 of the league phase, and the margin was built almost entirely before the interval. The home side led 3-0 at half-time under clear skies and a temperature of 28C, after kick-off at 21:05 UTC on 4 October.
C. Rentería opened the scoring in the seventh minute. L. Berdugo converted a penalty on 25 minutes, and G. Torres made it three on 32 minutes.
Pereira's task grew harder still in the 41st minute, when J. Bermúdez was sent off. With the match already effectively decided, the card shaped the second half rather than the result. J. Peralta added the fourth on 74 minutes to complete the scoring.
The numbers
The statistics reflect a one-sided evening. Cúcuta had 69% of possession, took 13 shots to Pereira's four and put six on target; Pereira managed none. The corner count was 6-0, and expected goals finished 2.1 to 0.08, a gap that supports the scoreline.
Jaime Peralta earned the highest match rating on the pitch, 8.5, with a goal and an assist in 75 minutes from 27 touches. Carlos Rentería, rated 8.1, also scored and assisted, and was the most involved player listed, with 77 touches and three key passes across the full 90 minutes. Gustavo Torres, rated 8, scored and assisted in a 45-minute appearance, generating 0.75 expected goals from just eight touches.
What it means
The supplied table has Cúcuta 16th on 31 points and Pereira 20th on 18, a 13-point gap. Pereira's season figures underline their difficulties: two wins from 30 matches, 22 goals scored and 49 conceded, with an expected-goals record of 20.9 for and 42.6 against.
Pereira's recent run reads one win, four draws and five defeats from 10 matches, at 0.7 points per match. Cúcuta's last 10 brought four wins, two draws and four defeats, at 1.4 points per match.
The result also evens the head-to-head record across the three listed meetings: one win each and a draw, at an average of 3.33 goals a game. The previous encounter, in Pereira on 24 March, ended 2-2.