Deportivo Municipal and Melgar supporters eagerly anticipate Primera Division contest at Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Fri 22.April
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno (13000 seats)

Primera Division: Deportivo Municipal receive Melgar in what should be an entertaining football match. Tipsway gives you a full preview!

Insights:
  • Deportivo Municipal have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Primera Division
  • Melgar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Melgar play their home matches on grass, while this game will be played on artifical turf. Relevant statistics for Melgar when featuring on artifical turf are 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from seven matches. They have managed to score 15 goals and conceded 6 times in these games.

These teams have little in common geographically as Melgar have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both squads have had time to rest since their last game. Let's agree to expect an active match!

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Deportivo Municipal form and stats

When playing at home in the Primera Division, Deportivo Municipal have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.

Municipal are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 4-6 away versus Sporting Cristal. A goal frenzy last time out for Deportivo Municipal, with a total of 10 goals in the match against Sporting Cristal. Fun stuff to watch! Incredibly enough, Ovelar scored three goals against Sporting Cristal but the team still lost everything as their opponents won 4-6. Attacking player Ovelar bested all the other players in that match and received a match rating of 8.85 out of 10. Ovelar scored three goals and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

Before that, Deportivo Municipal had a home game versus Carlos Manucci which ended with a victory 1-0.

A decent goal production from Municipal in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Deportivo Municipal have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Melgar form and stats

As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Melgar have produced an overall stat of 1-1-3 so far.

Melgar had fun at their own home (Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno) last time out, beating Cesar Vallejo 1-0. Cuesta scored. Midfielder Arias was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.64. Arias served one assist and hit eight key passes.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Deportivo Municipal wins - draws - Melgar wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

MunicipalR. Ovelar Maldonado
R. Ovelar Maldonado
5 goals
MelgarB. Cuesta
B. Cuesta
4 goals
Deportivo MunicipalA. Ascues Earl
A. Ascues Earl
3 goals

Deportivo Municipal missing players

Melgar missing players

Deportivo Municipal Melgar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 9
6 4 0 Won W 0 1 5
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 3
21 8 1 Scored S 0 4 10
19 4 1 Conceded C 3 10 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 56%
70% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 44%
50% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 22%
40% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
80% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 22%
20% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 56%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 22%
 
3.7 5.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 12 6.2 6
5 4.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.8 4.4
2.8 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.6
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.8 12.2 17 Shots (avg) S ( 14 13.6 14.7
4.1 4.4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 5.7
51% 36% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 16% 20%
 
11.6 8.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 14 10.4 9
5.1 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.4 4.1
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Deportivo Municipal have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Deportivo Municipal have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Deportivo Municipal have scored more than double the goals of Melgar.
  • Deportivo Municipal have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Primera Division
  • Deportivo Municipal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Deportivo Municipal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Melgar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Melgar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Melgar 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 Cienciano 10 6 3 1 23 9 5 4 1 0 16 4 5 2 2 1 7 5 14 21
2 Sport Huancayo 8 7 0 1 17 8 3 3 0 0 6 1 5 4 0 1 11 7 9 21
3 Deportivo Municipal 10 6 2 2 21 19 5 4 1 0 8 4 5 2 1 2 13 15 2 20
4 Deportivo Binacional 10 6 1 3 17 10 5 3 1 1 10 4 5 3 0 2 7 6 7 19
5 Alianza Atlético 9 6 1 2 17 14 5 4 1 0 12 5 4 2 0 2 5 9 3 19
6 Universitario 10 5 1 4 17 12 5 3 1 1 10 6 5 2 0 3 7 6 5 16
7 Melgar 9 5 1 3 10 10 4 4 0 0 6 0 5 1 1 3 4 10 0 16
8 Sporting Cristal 9 4 3 2 19 15 5 3 2 0 17 11 4 1 1 2 2 4 4 15
9 Atlético Grau 10 3 5 2 15 12 5 2 1 2 10 8 5 1 4 0 5 4 3 14
10 Cesar Vallejo 10 3 5 2 9 8 5 3 2 0 8 3 5 0 3 2 1 5 1 14
11 ADT 10 3 4 3 9 9 5 2 2 1 6 3 5 1 2 2 3 6 0 13
12 Alianza Lima 8 3 2 3 11 9 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 11
13 Ayacucho 10 3 1 6 17 17 5 3 0 2 13 8 5 0 1 4 4 9 0 10
14 UTC Cajamarca 9 2 2 5 14 16 5 2 2 1 10 8 4 0 0 4 4 8 -2 8
15 Sport Boys 10 2 2 6 8 18 5 2 1 2 5 6 5 0 1 4 3 12 -10 8
16 Carlos Manucci 9 2 1 6 7 12 4 1 1 2 1 3 5 1 0 4 6 9 -5 7
17 Universidad San Martín 9 2 0 7 8 21 5 2 0 3 6 6 4 0 0 4 2 15 -13 6
18 Carlos Stein 9 1 2 6 6 13 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 0 0 5 3 10 -7 5
19 Academia Cantolao 9 1 2 6 8 21 5 1 0 4 4 11 4 0 2 2 4 10 -13 5

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.