Both Deportivo Municipal and Cusco FC are itching for points in this game, even with the visitors carrying a 11 point edge in the standings.
- Deportivo Municipal is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Cusco FC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
1 - 2 - 3 with 5-9. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Cusco FC when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Cusco FC play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
These teams have little in common geographically as Cusco FC have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Cusco FC could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Primera Division game only four sleeps ago.
Deportivo Municipal form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Deportivo Municipal have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games. Problems are piling up for Deportivo Municipal as they are struggling in their away games as well, taking their total losing streak to a running total of ten games. This streak could be one for the history books.
Deportivo Municipal faced defeat in their previous match, away at UTC Cajamarca (1-5). As you see from the result above, Municipal suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. The attacker Erustes was announced as "man of the match" for Deportivo Municipal with a rating of 7.73/10. Erustes scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the home game against Cesar Vallejo that was lost 0-3.Deportivo Municipal are traveling soon after this match as the Primera Division match at Sport Huancayo awaits in four days.
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. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 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 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cusco FC form and stats
There's been little loot from Cusco FC's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Primera Division. Cusco FC only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Cusco FC are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Cusco played 0-0 against Atlético Grau in their previous match. The draw gave little to feel happy about, as they felt they should have won; with an xG score of 2.34 - .29. Midfield player Rodríguez was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Rodríguez hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Deportivo Garcilaso wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sporting Cristal in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cusco FC as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Cusco FC have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent reported history featuring both these squads is the Cusco FC - Municipal 1-0 played not long ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Deportivo Municipal victories, five draws and two Cusco FC wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Erustes 9 goals |   F. Rodríguez Valla 8 goals |
Deportivo Municipal missing players
Cusco FC missing players
| Deportivo Municipal | Cusco FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | 11 |
| 27 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 35 |
| 45 | 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 25 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 87% | 87% |
| 75% | 85% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | 77% |
| 46% | 54% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | 48% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | 10% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 13% | 6% |
| 43% | 38% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | 45% |
| 21% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 20% | 32% |
| 36% | 38% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 53% | 35% |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11.7 | 12.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 10.8 | 12 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 28% | 26% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 17% | 27% |
| 12.2 | 9.8 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.4 | 15.5 | 13.7 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.6 | 4 |
- Cusco FC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- 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 (0-0-6)
| 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 | Cusco FC | 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 | Atlético 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 |
