Melgar have 25 points performing as the team playing at home. Unión Comercio have gained 19 points being the away side. Are we looking at a home win?
- Melgar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Unión Comercio have the most conceded goals (40) in Primera Division
Melgar's stadium, Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín, has a grass surface. Unión Comercio have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Unión Comercio when playing on grass; 2 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses from 18 matches. They have scored {18 goals} in these games and conceded 36.
Unión Comercio have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Unión Comercio could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Primera Division game only four sleeps ago.
Melgar form and stats
5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Melgar so far this season.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Melgar, as their goalkeeper Carlos Alberto Caceda Oyaguez has completely shut out the opponents for 270 minutes in the Primera Division.
Melgar are returning here after visiting Academia Cantolao and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Cabrera scored the goal(s). The victory against Academia Cantolao came after Cabrera's winning goal. The Melgar manager Soso was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 65th minute. Midfielder Bordacahar was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Bordacahar served one assist, hit one key pass and had 35 successful passes (of 43 total).
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Alianza Atlético.The manager Soso will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Alianza Lima in only four days.
Melgar have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín with 17 goals in 9 league matches. Melgar have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Unión Comercio form and stats
Unión Comercio have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 1-1-7 (9 played).
Comercio played 0-0 against Carlos Mannucci in their previous match. Midfielder Barreto was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.15. Barreto dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Alianza Lima wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.A quick return to home after this game, as Unión Comercio are hosting Deportivo Binacional in the Primera Division only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Unión Comercio as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Comercio have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Melgar have avoided a loss in the last 13 fixtures (7-6-0) facing Unión Comercio.The previous head-to-head encounter ended Unión Comercio - Melgar 1-1, played this season. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Cuesta 14 goals |   M. de Jesús Pabón 13 goals |  T. Martínez 6 goals |
Melgar missing players
Unión Comercio missing players
| Melgar | Unión Comercio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 48 | 31 | 14 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 37 |
| 29 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 34 | 62 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 71% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 42% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 61% |
| 26% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 40% | 42% |
| 10% | 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 16% |
| 48% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 65% |
| 39% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 19% | 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 23% |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 8.4 | 6.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 14.1 | 15.2 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.5 | 11.8 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
| 31% | 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 28% | 28% |
| 9.3 | 7.5 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 19.5 | 16.3 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 7.1 | 5.9 |
- All of Unión Comercio's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Melgar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melgar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Unión Comercio have scored away.
- Melgar haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Unión Comercio have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Unión Comercio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Unión Comercio have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Unión Comercio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Unión Comercio have the most conceded goals (40) in Primera Division
- Unión Comercio have the most conceded goals in the second half (40) in Primera Division
- Unión Comercio have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Unión Comercio haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Mannucci | 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 Atlético | 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 | Unión 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 |
