Sporting Cristal - UTC Cajamarca. 2nd spot meets 15th spot. Everything can happen - get a broad match preview here!
- Sporting Cristal have the most points from losing position (20) in Primera Division
- UTC Cajamarca have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Primera Division
Cristal's stadium, Estadio Nacional de Lima, has a grass surface. UTC Cajamarca 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 UTC Cajamarca when playing on grass; 4 wins, 5 draws and 17 losses from 26 matches. They have scored {27 goals} in these games and conceded 49.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for UTC Cajamarca, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
These are active days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only four days ago in the Primera Division. That game was an away game at César Vallejo, so at least Sporting Cristal are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Sporting Cristal form and stats
Sporting Cristal are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Nacional de Lima. 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games. days ago.
Sporting Cristal are confident in defense, having played 244 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Cristal, who won 1-0 against César Vallejo. The striker Corozo bested all the other footballers in that game and managed a match rating of 7.41 out of 10. Corozo scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
In the match before that, Sporting Cristal hosted Universitario and drew the game 0-0.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 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
There will be little rest for Sporting Cristal after this match as they are travelling to Cusco FC for a Primera Division game in only four days.
The Sporting Cristal fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Sporting Cristal have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
UTC Cajamarca form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for UTC Cajamarca so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
Cajamarca had fun at their own home (Estadio Nacional de Lima) last time out, beating Deportivo Municipal 5-1. Fernández, Ramirez, Gentile (2) and Sánchez scored. That win felt sweet as this side had gone three league games without victory. As you can tell from the results above, UTC Cajamarca was very dominant against Deportivo Municipal, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Fernández, Ramirez, Gentile (2) and Sánchez providing the goals. Midfield player Sánchez was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.64/10. Sánchez scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and had 72 successful passes (of 78 total).
Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Atlético Grau's place.A new game in only four days for Cajamarca, the Primera Division home match versus Sport Boys. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting UTC Cajamarca as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. For UTC Cajamarca, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. UTC Cajamarca has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Cristal have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (3-2-0) when playing UTC Cajamarca.UTC Cajamarca - Sporting Cristal 1-1 was the output when these participants previously did battle, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Varanda de Oliveira 12 goals |   F. Peraza Fontana 10 goals |  A. Hohberg González 9 goals |
Sporting Cristal missing players
UTC Cajamarca missing players
| Sporting Cristal | UTC Cajamarca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| 16 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 11 |
| 54 | 29 | 12 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 31 |
| 25 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 11 | 31 | 39 |
| 87% | 86% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 84% |
| 73% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 61% |
| 37% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 44% | 29% |
| 23% | 29% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 26% |
| 23% | 29% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 19% | 16% |
| 53% | 43% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 56% | 48% |
| 43% | 57% | 83% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 32% |
| 17% | 14% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 35% |
| 5.4 | 6.9 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 6.4 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 15.7 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.7 | 14.1 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 35% | 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 25% | 24% |
| 12.8 | 10.9 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.2 | 15.5 | 13.2 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 6.8 | 5.5 |
- 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 as they have conceded.
- Sporting Cristal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as UTC Cajamarca have scored away.
- Sporting Cristal have the most points from losing position (20) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals in the second half (35) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- UTC Cajamarca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- UTC Cajamarca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- UTC Cajamarca have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Primera Division
- UTC Cajamarca have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | César 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 |
