Open game expected at Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega: Deportivo Garcilaso vs Melgar preview

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sat 01.Jul
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (42056 seats)

Primera Division: The average league table positions tell a story of the journey Deportivo Garcilaso and Melgar have been on uptil now. Both teams are set to play; bring it!

Insights:
  • Deportivo Garcilaso have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Deportivo Garcilaso have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Melgar have scored away.

The visiting Melgar played their last game only four days ago, a Copa Libertadores match. That game was also an away game, at Olimpia. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Deportivo Garcilaso form and stats

When playing at home in the Primera Division, Deportivo Garcilaso have managed 3 wins, 5 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 9 games.

A strong away win for Garcilaso against Carlos Manucci the last match, as Giordana were on target. Finally, a league victory after three matches without. Giordana has scored in three matches in a row. Skilful! Lojas was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.62 out of 10. The defender Lojas hit one key pass and won 2 of 5 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Alianza Lima (2-3).

Observe: 8 of the most recent 10 league games from this club have seen goals scored by both teams.

On the other hand, Deportivo Garcilaso have conceded 13 goals.

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Melgar form and stats

Melgar have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 1-5-3 (9 played).

Two away games in a row for Melgar, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 vs Olimpia in the Copa Libertadores. Martínez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.35. Martínez scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs ADT.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Melgar playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Melgar win, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this club's 10 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.

The attacking power of Melgar when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Melgar in these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Melgar - Deportivo Garcilaso 2-4. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Quevedo with 2 goals scored against Melgar in these 1 games.

Top Goalscorers

Deportivo GarcilasoS. Giordana
S. Giordana
14 goals
MelgarB. Cuesta
B. Cuesta
8 goals
Deportivo GarcilasoK. Quevedo Mathey
K. Quevedo Mathey
5 goals

Deportivo Garcilaso missing players

Melgar missing players

Deportivo Garcilaso Melgar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 2 8 18
6 2 2 Won W 1 1 7
7 5 0 Drew D 1 5 7
5 1 1 Lost L 0 2 4
30 15 6 Scored S 5 7 28
27 13 4 Conceded C 4 8 19
89% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 89%
83% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 72%
67% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 25% 44%
33% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 12% 28%
22% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 17%
67% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
28% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 33%
17% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 28%
 
6.5 9 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.6 3.9
4.3 4.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 4.3
2.9 3.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.6 2.9
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
16.3 20.6 20.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 12 13
5.9 7.6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 4.8 4.7
28% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 18% 33%
 
13.3 10.4 12 Shots against (avg) S A 10 13.5 10.5
4.7 4.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 3.2
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Deportivo Garcilaso have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Melgar have scored away.
  • Deportivo Garcilaso have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Deportivo Garcilaso have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 Cesar 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

Read more about Primera Division

The Peruvian First Division, also known as the Primera Division or the Copa Movistar, is the top level of football in Peru. Seasons run from February to December with 18 teams playing 44 fixtures each to create a final league table. Universitario, Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal are by far the dominant winner of this league since it was founded in 1912.