A peek at the Primera Division table shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but that's not all there is to know. Check out our César Vallejo - Cienciano match preview!
- César Vallejo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cienciano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Cienciano have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
These are full days for the hometeam, as they played only four days ago in the Copa Sudamericana. That game was an away game at LDU Quito, so at least César Vallejo are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
César Vallejo form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Mansiche as César Vallejo have scored 18 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Primera Division are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Vallejo after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. Mena was the last player to find the net.
The followers hope that César Vallejo will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Copa Sudamericana fixture against LDU Quito.
A Primera Division defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Sport Huancayo.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vallejo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Trench warfare? In this team's last 16 league matches, 12 have had zero, one or two goals.
From these home matches, César Vallejo have conceded only 7 goals.
Cienciano form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cienciano so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-7 (win-draw-lose). Cienciano seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Cienciano delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Universitario in their previous game. Midfielder Sandoval was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.1. Sandoval served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times and had 29 successful passes (of 34 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Sport Boys.We have checked recent matches where Cienciano have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
The Cienciano manager Ameli has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Cienciano have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when facing César Vallejo.The most up to date logged meeting featuring both these squads is the Cienciano - Vallejo 1-1 played earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Garcés Acosta 12 goals |  Y. Mena Palacios 11 goals |  F. Rodríguez Calleriza 3 goals |
César Vallejo missing players
Cienciano missing players
| César Vallejo | Cienciano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 25 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 25 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 37% | 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 62% | 39% |
| 26% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | 17% |
| 47% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 44% |
| 21% | 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 62% | 39% |
| 4.4 | 6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 5.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
| 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 12.7 | 16.6 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.4 | 12.3 |
| 4.1 | 5.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 32% | 36% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 27% | 29% |
| 13.7 | 9.4 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.6 | 11.3 |
| 4.7 | 3.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 3.8 |
- All of César Vallejo's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cienciano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cienciano have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cienciano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cienciano haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- César Vallejo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- César Vallejo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- César Vallejo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- César Vallejo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alianza Lima | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 42 |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | Universitario | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 34 |
| 4 | Real Garcilaso | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 32 |
| 5 | Sport Huancayo | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | César Vallejo | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Carlos Manucci | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 27 |
| 8 | Deportivo Garcilaso | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | Melgar | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Cienciano | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -5 | 24 |
| 11 | Atletico Grau | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 23 |
| 12 | Alianza Atletico | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | ADT | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Deportivo Municipal | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 15 | UTC Cajamarca | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -6 | 21 |
| 16 | Union Comercio | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -16 | 19 |
| 17 | Deportivo Binacional | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -6 | 18 |
| 18 | Sport Boys | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 18 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 25 | -27 | 9 |
