Get ready for the return leg of the Copa Sudamericana Round of 32 between Emelec and Sporting Cristal. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Sporting Cristal have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Sporting Cristal could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Primera Division game only four sleeps ago.
Emelec form and stats
Emelec was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Copa Sudamericana.Emelec are returning here after visiting Sporting Cristal in a Copa Sudamericana game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Ahead of that fixture, a home victory against Danubio in the Copa Sudamericana.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
They also participated in Copa Sudamericana last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Penarol drew the shortest straw.Sporting Cristal are still undefeated on their travels in the Primera Division. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
The supporters enjoyed Sporting Cristal's previous game versus Carlos Manucci, a 3-2 win played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Nunes when Brenner scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute. Midfield player Yotún was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Yotún hit two key passes and had 75 successful passes (of 85 total).
The match earlier was the Copa Sudamericana-battle against Emelec, a home loss (0-1). Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sporting Cristal when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 2 and winning 1 game.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Primera Division trip to Melgar.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sporting Cristal has managed {2 goals} and let in 0 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Sporting Cristal - Emelec 0-1. Previous two meetings involving these teams: Emelec won two, Sporting Cristal triumphed in zero and we saw zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Varanda de Oliveira 11 goals |  A. Hohberg González 9 goals |   M. Bolaños Reascos 7 goals |
Emelec missing players
Sporting Cristal missing players
| Emelec | Sporting Cristal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 8 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.7 | 14.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Universitario | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Melgar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | Deportivo Garcilaso | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Sport Huancayo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Alianza Lima | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Sport Boys | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | ADT | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Cesar Vallejo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | Cienciano | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Deportivo Municipal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Carlos Manucci | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | UTC Cajamarca | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Real Garcilaso | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Academia Cantolao | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Alianza Atletico | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 17 | Deportivo Binacional | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 |
| 18 | Atletico Grau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| 19 | Union Comercio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 0 |
