Universitario de Deportes turned a bad start into a 3-1 victory over Atlético Grau at the estadio Mansiche in Trujillo and went back to first place in the Torneo Clausura 2026 after date 15. Atlético Grau struck first through Adrián Fernández at 7 minutes, but Universitario answered, pulled away, and finished the night with 30 points.
The result is why the Atlético Grau Vs Universitario head-to-head record is being searched again now: it came in a match that changed the top of the table on Sunday, November 1, and left Universitario two points clear of Sporting Cristal, Sport Huancayo, and Alianza Atlético. For a team that needed the points, the comeback was immediate proof that the lead could be recovered rather than just defended.
Andy Polo leveled the match at 19 minutes, Gianluca Lapadula put Universitario ahead at 69 minutes, and Lisandro Alzugaray sealed it at 76 minutes. That sequence mattered because the game began with Atlético Grau in control, and the first half-hour looked nothing like a team that would end the day on top.
Matías Di Benedetto was not available for Universitario because he was still not physically well after an injury, which made the response even more notable. Atlético Grau also had Raúl Ruidíaz listed in its lineup, but the second half belonged to Universitario and the pressure it kept building after the break.
On the numbers, this was the kind of result that sharpens a season rather than just adding three points. Universitario did not just win in Trujillo; it reopened the gap at the top and did so by beating the one obstacle that usually makes away nights unstable, an early deficit. The head-to-head count may keep moving from here, but what matters today is that Universitario left Mansiche with the lead in the Clausura and the chase once again behind it.
