Betting preview: Unión Comercio vs Academia Cantolao - predictions and stats

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Carlos Vidaurre García (18000 seats)

This game involves two participants residing in the basement of the Primera Division, Unión Comercio holding 16th spot and Academia Cantolao sitting at 19th. A nice chance for one of the teams to boost their situation.

Insights:
  • Unión Comercio have the most conceded goals (40) in Primera Division
  • Academia Cantolao have the fewest scored goals (9) in Primera Division

Academia Cantolao play their home matches on grass, while this game takes place on artifical turf. The latest results for Academia Cantolao when playing on artifical turf are 0 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from seven matches. They have managed to score {3 goals} and conceded 11 times in these games.

These teams have little in common geographically as Academia Cantolao have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an energetic game!

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Unión Comercio form and stats

Unión Comercio have collected 15 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 4-3-2. When Unión Comercio hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Deportivo Municipal, ADT, Deportivo Binacional, Unión Comercio, UTC Cajamarca and Sport Boys), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Unión Comercio has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Municipal Carlos Vidaurre García, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Comercio shared the glory with Alianza Atletico in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Midfield player Carranza got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Carranza scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Cienciano in a game that was won 2-0.

A decent goal production from Unión Comercio in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches.

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Academia Cantolao form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Academia Cantolao so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-8 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Academia's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Academia Cantolao go into this game after a win, the home game against Alianza Atletico that ended 1-0. That win felt nice as this club had gone three league rounds without victory. Huerto got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, top player of the team. Huerto scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cienciano wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Goals are few and far between in Academia Cantolao's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 9 travels. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Academia are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 2 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

This duo played each other earlier on this season: Academia Cantolao - Unión Comercio 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Comercio victories, two draws and four Academia Cantolao wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Unión ComercioM. de Jesús Pabón
M. de Jesús Pabón
11 goals
Unión ComercioO. Barreto Pérez
O. Barreto Pérez
4 goals
Unión ComercioC. Neira Herrera
C. Neira Herrera
3 goals

Unión Comercio missing players

Academia Cantolao missing players

Unión Comercio Academia Cantolao
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 13 27
7 6 2 Won W 1 1 5
7 3 0 Drew D 1 1 4
14 5 2 Lost L 1 11 18
34 22 6 Scored S 2 4 16
58 27 7 Conceded C 2 31 49
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
89% 79% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 77% 70%
61% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 62% 44%
43% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 19%
18% 29% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 11%
64% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 23% 33%
14% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 8% 22%
21% 7% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 69% 48%
 
4.1 5.1 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 2.5 3.2
6.6 4.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.4 6.7
2.8 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 3 2.9
8 3 0 Red cards R C 1 6 9
 
12.2 15.6 17 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 6.3 9
4.4 5.6 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 1.8 2.8
27% 28% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 17% 21%
 
16.4 12.9 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 16.2 15
6 4.9 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.5 5.6
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Academia Cantolao have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Academia Cantolao have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Academia Cantolao have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Academia Cantolao have the fewest points (1) away in Primera Division
  • Academia Cantolao have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Primera Division
  • Academia Cantolao have the fewest scored goals (9) in Primera Division
  • Academia Cantolao have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Primera Division
  • Academia Cantolao have the most conceded goals (25) away in Primera Division
  • Academia Cantolao have the the worst goal difference (-23) away in Primera Division
  • Academia Cantolao have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Primera Division
  • Academia Cantolao have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Academia Cantolao haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Unión Comercio have scored more than double the goals of Academia Cantolao.
  • Unión Comercio have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Primera Division
  • Unión Comercio have the most conceded goals (40) in Primera Division
  • Unión Comercio have the most conceded goals in the second half (37) in Primera Division
  • Unión Comercio have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Unión Comercio 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 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 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 Atletico 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 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

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.