This Thursday, September 21st, day 14 of the Clausura tournament ended and the table became tight. There is currently a tie for first place; However, the goal difference is an advantage for one of the clubs. Furthermore, in the cumulative results, the gap between the top three positions is getting smaller and smaller, even though there is only one leader.
On this day 14, the winner of the opening tournament, Alianza Lima had to rest and was relegated to fourth place, although the difference with leaders Sporting Cristal is only three points. But which teams would play in the final if the Peruvian championship ended today?
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Which clubs would play in the 2023 League 1 final?
If the Clausura tournament ended today, Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal would be the clubs that would qualify for the Liga 1 final. According to the rules of the championship, if a team wins one of the two short competitions of the year and also takes one of the first two places in the annual table, it directly accesses the definition of the title without having to play the playoff round.
The Victorians won the Apertura and led the overall standings with 68 points, meaning they would retain one of the two tickets. For their part, the Rimenses are leaders of the Clausura on goal difference (they have +17 and the “U” +14) and are in second place in the overall table (64 points).
What does the overall League 1 table look like?
Lima Alliance With 68 units it ranks first; while Sporty Cristal It has 64 points. Has one less unit Sports University (63). A little further back, Melgar is in fourth place with 53 points.
position | equipment | PJ | PG | GD | PTS |
1 | Lima Alliance | 31 | 21 | 30 | 68 |
2 | Sporty Cristal | 31 | 17 | 32 | 64 |
3 | university | 32 | 19 | 29 | 63 |
4 | FBC Melgar | 32 | 13 | 16 | 53 |
5 | Sports Huancayo | 30 | 14 | 15 | 49 |
6 | Deportivo Garcilaso* | 31 | 14 | 14 | 48 |
7 | Cusco FC | 31 | 13 | -1 | 46 |
8th | Cesar Vallejo | 31 | 12 | 6 | 44 |
9 | ADT | 30 | 11 | 3 | 44 |
10 | Carlos Mannucci | 31 | 12 | -3 | 42 |
11 | scientist | 30 | 10 | -6 | 39 |
12 | UTC* | 32 | 8th | -5 | 37 |
13 | Atlético Grey | 31 | 8th | -1 | 36 |
14 | Sporting alliance | 31 | 9 | -18 | 35 |
15 | Sports boys | 30 | 9 | -12 | 34 |
16 | labor union | 32 | 8th | -26 | 33 |
17 | Binational sport | 31 | 9 | -13 | 31 |
18 | Community sports** | 31 | 8th | -21 | 22 |
19 | Cantolao | 30 | 6 | -36 | 22 |