Academia Cantolao will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 20 points behind Universitario.
It's no vacation for neither Academia Cantolao nor Universitario as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Academia Cantolao form and stats
Academia Cantolao have played 10 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for Academia Cantolao in their previous match, an away game at UTC Cajamarca that ended in defeat 2-4. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Atletico Grau.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
There will be little rest for Academia after this match as they are travelling to Deportivo Binacional for a Primera Division game in only four days.
Academia has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Academia Cantolao have conceded 18 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Universitario form and stats
Universitario, who have the the best goal difference (+20) in Primera Division, have an excellent away record in the Primera Division so far with 6-3-1 from 10 games.
Home advantage was not enough for Universitario in their previous game, as they lost their Primera Division-match, hosting Cienciano, 0-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Alianza Universidad with the score of 1-0.
A new game in only four days for Universitario, the Primera Division home match versus UTC Cajamarca. Busy days.
The Universitario manager Á. Comizzo has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 10 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Universitario in these games.
Head 2 Head
Academia Cantolao - Universitario 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Academia won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Universitario has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / fiveTop Goalscorers
  J. Dos Santos Duré 11 goals |  A. Hohberg González 10 goals |   J. Quintero León 6 goals |
Academia Cantolao missing players
Universitario missing players
| Academia Cantolao | Universitario | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 23 | 41 |
| 39 | 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 77% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 73% |
| 55% | 45% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 50% |
| 32% | 27% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 55% | 36% |
| 14% | 9% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 64% | 45% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 50% |
| 23% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| 23% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 209 | 80 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 125 | 248 |
| 72 | 30 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 54 | 95 |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 43% | 43% |
- Universitario has the the best goal difference (+12) away in Primera Division
- Universitario has the the best goal difference (+20) in Primera Division
- Universitario have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Universitario have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Universitario have scored at least twice as many goals away as Academia Cantolao have scored 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 | Universitario | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 42 |
| 2 | Sport Huancayo | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | César Vallejo | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Carlos Manucci | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | UTC Cajamarca | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Alianza Universidad | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Melgar | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | Ayacucho | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 27 |
| 10 | Cienciano | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 11 | Deportivo Binacional | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Alianza Lima | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Academia Cantolao | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Deportivo Municipal | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 15 | Real Garcilaso | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 21 |
| 16 | Universidad San Martin | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 21 |
| 17 | Sport Boys | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Carlos Stein | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -10 | 17 |
| 19 | Atletico Grau | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -17 | 11 |