Soccer betting preview: Deportivo Municipal welcomes Sport Boys in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sun 27.Aug
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno (13000 seats)

Deportivo Municipal - Sport Boys: Primera Division cellar sides desperate for points and praise. Read all the available data and news before the game!

Insights:
  • Deportivo Municipal is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Sport Boys have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Primera Division

1-1-4 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sport Boys when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those six matches are 5-14 (scored/conceded).

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Deportivo Municipal form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Deportivo Municipal have to build on here at Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno in the Primera Division. When Deportivo Municipal hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Deportivo Municipal, ADT, Deportivo Binacional, Union Comercio, Academia Cantolao and UTC Cajamarca), they have won 3 of 4 matches! It's trouble wherever Municipal are playing these days as they have suffered six straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

In their previous game, the manager Lazón led his Deportivo Municipal to a defeat away at Sporting Cristal. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno. Heartbreak for Deportivo Municipal in their last match as Sporting Cristal's Yotún scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Solis, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.72 out of 10 in that game. Solis saved a penalty.

Heartbreak before that as Deportivo Municipal lost 2-5 at Deportivo Garcilaso's place.

Municipal has scored 11 league goals at home this season, 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. Deportivo Municipal have conceded 12 in these home matches. Deportivo Municipal has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Sport Boys form and stats

Sport Boys have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 1-2-6 (9 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Boys have lost on their last two travels.

Sport Boys's last game was the home draw against Atlético Grau (1-1). As mentioned above, Boys drew the match against Atlético Grau. Manager Gamboa brought on Roca to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfielder Rios was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.35. Rios hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).

Prior to that match, the Sport Boys manager Gamboa faced defeat when travelling to Deportivo Garcilaso and losing 0-3.

A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's last 12 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.

Boys are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 9 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Sport Boys have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties get together this season, as the records show this recent game: Sport Boys - Municipal 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Deportivo Municipal three wins, three draws and Sport Boys four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 8 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

MunicipalP. Erustes
P. Erustes
8 goals
Sport BoysF. Roca Reyes
F. Roca Reyes
4 goals
Sport BoysJ. Barco Bozzeta
J. Barco Bozzeta
4 goals

Deportivo Municipal missing players

Sport Boys missing players

Deportivo Municipal Sport Boys
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 4 14 28
8 4 3 Won W 1 3 8
3 1 0 Drew D 1 3 6
13 6 1 Lost L 2 8 14
26 12 7 Scored S 1 6 19
33 13 2 Conceded C 5 21 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 93%
75% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 64% 64%
42% 45% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 36%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 7% 11%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
46% 45% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 21% 32%
25% 27% 75% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 21%
29% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 64% 54%
 
4.8 5.7 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.3 4.6
5.3 4.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.5 5.1
3.1 3 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.3 3.4
6 4 3 Red cards R C 0 2 7
 
11.5 12 11 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 8.9 9.7
3.5 3.5 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.3 3.1
31% 31% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 19% 22%
 
11.8 9.5 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 15.3 14.2
4.4 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5 4.9
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Deportivo Municipal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Deportivo Municipal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Deportivo Municipal is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Sport Boys have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sport Boys have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Primera Division
  • Sport Boys have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Primera Division

  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

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.