Here's what we know about the Deportivo Municipal - Cienciano match:

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno (13000 seats)

Cienciano know they are in for a strenuous journey to Deportivo Municipal and their Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno. This preview has all the info you require before the match.

Insights:
  • Deportivo Municipal is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Cienciano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This football field has artifical turf, which is not Cienciano's normal surface at their own ground. When appearing on artifical turf Cienciano have performed like this: Played five matches resulting in 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats with the goal difference 5-9 (scored/conceded).

It's quite the trip for Cienciano when visiting Municipal as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Deportivo Municipal form and stats

Deportivo Municipal have played 9 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Deportivo Municipal in their previous match, an away game at Sport Huancayo that ended in defeat 0-2. The striker Erustes was announced as "man of the match" for Municipal with the rating of 7.0/10. Erustes hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match, Deportivo Municipal won a home game hosting Real Garcilaso (2-0).

The Deportivo Municipal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Deportivo Municipal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cienciano form and stats

Cienciano have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 2-0-7 (9 played).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cienciano goalkeeper Jeferson Josue Nolasco Garces is eager to challenge this, with his 206 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Torre (2) scored in Cienciano's previous match, the home game against Atletico Grau that ended 2-0. Midfielder Torre was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.85. Torre scored two goals, hit six key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Deportivo Garcilaso with the score of 3-0.

Observe: 9 of the last 12 league matches featuring this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

The Cienciano manager Holzmann has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Cienciano - Municipal 1-0 was the output when these two teams formerly met, earlier this season. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Deportivo Municipal victories, one draw and five Cienciano wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CiencianoC. Garcés Acosta
C. Garcés Acosta
16 goals
MunicipalP. Erustes
P. Erustes
9 goals
CiencianoC. Beltrán Neroni
C. Beltrán Neroni
5 goals

Deportivo Municipal missing players

Cienciano missing players

Deportivo Municipal Cienciano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 14 3 Played P 4 15 32
9 5 1 Won W 1 4 12
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 9
18 8 2 Lost L 2 9 11
29 14 2 Scored S 6 18 41
47 19 5 Conceded C 8 27 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 91%
77% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 66%
43% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 41%
13% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 28%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 9%
40% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 38%
23% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 34%
37% 36% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 53% 38%
 
4.4 5.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.5 5.4
5.3 4.4 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.9 3.3
2.9 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 3
7 4 1 Red cards R C 1 6 7
 
11.7 12.9 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 11.1 12.9
3.5 3.8 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.1 4.4
28% 26% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 30% 29%
 
12.4 9.6 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12.2 10.5
4.4 4.4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.9 3.3
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Cienciano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Deportivo Municipal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Deportivo Municipal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Deportivo Municipal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Deportivo Municipal is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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.