Primera Division: Sporting Cristal believed to overpower Ayacucho

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Fri 13.May
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alberto Gallardo (11600 seats)

Nothing but a win will please the Sporting Cristal fans in this Estadio Alberto Gallardo clash with Ayacucho, as they enjoy a robust lead on them in the Primera Division table.

Insights:
  • Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (18) at home in Primera Division
  • Ayacucho have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Primera Division

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sporting Cristal form and stats

Sporting Cristal are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Alberto Gallardo. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Cristal here at Estadio Alberto Gallardo, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Sporting Cristal shared the glory with ADT in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Cristal home games with this odds we find twelve games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, two draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Sporting Cristal as they have a new game in only four days, a Copa Libertadores match thankfully also at home. Talleres Cordoba are visiting.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.

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Ayacucho form and stats

Ayacucho have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Primera Division, after 0-1-5 (6 played). Ayacucho seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Ayacucho's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Carlos Manucci that finished 2-2. Techera got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, top player of the team. Techera scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

The attacking power of Ayacucho when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Ayacucho struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cristal eight wins, one draw and Ayacucho one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AyacuchoC. Techera Cribelli
C. Techera Cribelli
7 goals
Sporting CristalC. Gonzáles Crespo
C. Gonzáles Crespo
6 goals
Sporting CristalI. Ávila Acero
I. Ávila Acero
4 goals

Sporting Cristal missing players

Ayacucho missing players

Sporting Cristal Ayacucho
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 3 Played P 1 6 13
6 4 2 Won W 0 0 3
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 1 5 8
22 18 9 Scored S 1 5 21
16 11 5 Conceded C 2 11 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
67% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 85%
42% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 85%
42% 83% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 46%
25% 50% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 31%
58% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 77%
25% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 15%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 15%
 
7.1 6.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 5.5
4.9 3.8 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.3 4.2
2.4 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 2.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
12.8 13 14 Shots (avg) S ( 14 9.3 12.2
4.8 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.2 4.3
39% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 26% 38%
 
11.8 11 11 Shots against (avg) S A 14 8.7 8.8
3.9 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.7 3.7
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Ayacucho have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ayacucho have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Primera Division
  • Ayacucho have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Primera Division
  • Ayacucho have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ayacucho have yet to win a game away.
  • Sporting Cristal have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sporting Cristal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Cristal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ayacucho have scored away.
  • Sporting Cristal have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (18) at home in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal 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 Sport Huancayo 11 8 2 1 20 10 4 3 1 0 7 2 7 5 1 1 13 8 10 26
2 Melgar 12 8 1 3 15 11 5 5 0 0 7 0 7 3 1 3 8 11 4 25
3 Alianza Atletico 12 8 1 3 22 19 6 5 1 0 14 6 6 3 0 3 8 13 3 25
4 Universitario 13 7 2 4 22 14 7 4 2 1 14 8 6 3 0 3 8 6 8 23
5 Sporting Cristal 12 6 4 2 22 16 6 4 2 0 18 11 6 2 2 2 4 5 6 22
6 Deportivo Binacional 13 7 1 5 19 13 7 4 1 2 12 6 6 3 0 3 7 7 6 22
7 Cienciano 12 6 3 3 23 11 6 4 1 1 16 5 6 2 2 2 7 6 12 21
8 Deportivo Municipal 12 6 2 4 22 23 7 4 1 2 9 8 5 2 1 2 13 15 -1 20
9 Cesar Vallejo 12 4 6 2 13 10 6 4 2 0 11 4 6 0 4 2 2 6 3 18
10 Alianza Lima 10 5 2 3 18 12 5 3 1 1 10 5 5 2 1 2 8 7 6 17
11 Atletico Grau 13 4 5 4 18 16 6 2 1 3 10 9 7 2 4 1 8 7 2 17
12 ADT 13 3 6 4 12 13 7 2 3 2 8 6 6 1 3 2 4 7 -1 15
13 Sport Boys 13 4 3 6 12 20 6 3 1 2 7 7 7 1 2 4 5 13 -8 15
14 Ayacucho 13 3 2 8 21 23 7 3 1 3 16 12 6 0 1 5 5 11 -2 11
15 UTC Cajamarca 12 3 2 7 18 22 6 3 2 1 13 9 6 0 0 6 5 13 -4 11
16 Carlos Stein 12 3 2 7 12 19 6 3 2 1 7 4 6 0 0 6 5 15 -7 11
17 Carlos Manucci 12 2 3 7 11 17 5 1 2 2 2 4 7 1 1 5 9 13 -6 9
18 Universidad San Martin 11 2 1 8 10 25 6 2 1 3 7 7 5 0 0 5 3 18 -15 7
19 Academia Cantolao 12 1 2 9 10 26 7 1 0 6 5 14 5 0 2 3 5 12 -16 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.