Can Unión Comercio outperform Cienciano in Estadio Municipal Carlos Vidaurre García clash?

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Tue 15.Aug
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Carlos Vidaurre García (18000 seats)

Unión Comercio - Cienciano in Primera Division: Data, teams, results, the latest developments and headlines. Get our thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Unión Comercio have the most conceded goals (40) in Primera Division
  • Cienciano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It should be mentioned that Cienciano play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Cienciano on artifical turf are 2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats from five games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 4-7. You can compare this with overall results below.

It's quite the trip for Cienciano when visiting Comercio as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Unión Comercio and Cienciano.

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Unión Comercio form and stats

Overall Primera Division statistics at home this season for Unión Comercio are 4-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Comercio travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sport Huancayo that ended 1-1. Barreto (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Barreto served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 26 successful passes (of 28 total).

Ahead of that match, Unión Comercio won a home game hosting Real Garcilaso (2-1).

There will be little rest for Unión Comercio after this match as they are travelling to Alianza Atlético for a Primera Division game in only three days.

The Comercio fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches.

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Cienciano form and stats

Cienciano have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 2-0-7 (9 played).

Cienciano go into this game after a win, the home game against Academia Cantolao that ended 1-0. Vargas was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.54. The agile goalkeeper Vargas topped it up with a clean sheet.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Alianza Atlético wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Cienciano have conceded 22 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: Cienciano - Comercio 3-1. Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two sides are: five wins for Unión Comercio, two draws and three wins for Cienciano. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

CiencianoC. Garcés Acosta
C. Garcés Acosta
14 goals
Unión ComercioM. de Jesús Pabón
M. de Jesús Pabón
9 goals
Unión ComercioO. Barreto Pérez
O. Barreto Pérez
4 goals

Unión Comercio missing players

Cienciano missing players

Unión Comercio Cienciano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 2 11 24
6 5 0 Won W 1 3 10
6 3 3 Drew D 0 1 6
14 5 0 Lost L 1 7 8
30 20 6 Scored S 4 13 32
56 27 6 Conceded C 4 21 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 92%
88% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 62%
62% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 42%
42% 54% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 29%
19% 31% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 18% 12%
65% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 42%
12% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 33%
23% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 55% 33%
 
4.1 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5.1
6.8 4.5 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.2 3.3
2.8 2.1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 3
8 3 0 Red cards R C 1 5 6
 
12.2 15.8 19 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.9 12.2
4.5 5.8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.8 4.3
26% 26% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 31%
 
16.8 13.1 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 12.7 10.9
6.3 5.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.2 3.5
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Cienciano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Unión Comercio have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Primera Division
  • 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 (36) 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 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

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.