Primera Division preview: Can Unión Comercio edge out victory against Deportivo Garcilaso?

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sun 22.Oct
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Carlos Vidaurre García (18000 seats)

Unión Comercio have some lost ground to recover from their 16th position, and the job starts against Deportivo Garcilaso. Read more!

Insights:
  • Unión Comercio have the most conceded goals (40) in Primera Division
  • Deportivo Garcilaso have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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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Unión Comercio form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Unión Comercio have to build on here at Estadio Municipal Carlos Vidaurre García in the Primera Division. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Unión Comercio are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus ADT. Vargas was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.45 out of 10. The defender Vargas hit one key pass and won 5 of 11 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Deportivo Binacional that ended 2-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Unión Comercio handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 12 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

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

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Deportivo Garcilaso form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The attacking players of Garcilaso have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 382 minutes.

Deportivo Garcilaso's last game was the home draw against Academia Cantolao (0-0). Midfielder Quevedo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Quevedo hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Prior to that match, the Garcilaso manager Célico faced defeat when travelling to Alianza Atletico and losing 0-2.

We have checked recent matches where Deportivo Garcilaso have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Observe: 8 of the last 10 league matches featuring this team have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

Deportivo Garcilaso are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Garcilaso rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the squads played each other earlier this season; Deportivo Garcilaso - Unión Comercio 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

Deportivo GarcilasoS. Giordana
S. Giordana
22 goals
Unión ComercioM. de Jesús Pabón
M. de Jesús Pabón
13 goals
Deportivo GarcilasoK. Quevedo Mathey
K. Quevedo Mathey
8 goals

Unión Comercio missing players

Deportivo Garcilaso missing players

Unión Comercio Deportivo Garcilaso
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 6 17 33
8 7 1 Won W 3 5 11
9 5 4 Drew D 2 6 13
17 5 0 Lost L 1 6 9
40 26 8 Scored S 12 22 51
70 30 6 Conceded C 5 22 45
97% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 82% 85%
88% 76% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 76% 79%
65% 59% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 53% 61%
44% 47% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 18% 27%
15% 24% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 18% 18%
65% 65% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 53% 58%
15% 29% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 30%
24% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 35% 27%
 
3.9 5.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 6.1
6.4 4.6 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.9 5
2.7 2 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.9
9 4 1 Red cards R C 1 4 7
 
11.6 15.3 16.4 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.9 15.5
4.2 5.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 4.6 5.5
28% 27% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 28% 28%
 
16.1 12.9 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.8 16.4 13.6
5.9 4.8 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.1 4.7
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Deportivo Garcilaso have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Unión Comercio have the fewest clean sheets (5) 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 (44) in Primera Division
  • Unión Comercio have the most matches over the total-line (22) in Primera Division
  • Unión Comercio have won significantly more corners at home than 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 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 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 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.