Estadio Municipal Melanio Coloma Calderón: Alianza Atlético vs Cienciano Primera Division pre-match guide

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Melanio Coloma Calderón (4000 seats)

Alianza Atlético will aim to employ their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opposition. The home team are currently 3 points behind Cienciano.

Insights:
  • Alianza Atlético have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Alianza Atlético form and stats

Perfect Primera Division season at home so far for Alianza Atlético 3 wins from 3 appearances. It’s been three wins in a row for Atlético here at Estadio Municipal Melanio Coloma Calderón, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Alianza Atlético goalkeeper Diego Alonso Roberto Penny Valdez is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 245 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera Division.

A good away victory last time out for Alianza Atlético, who won 1-0 against Deportivo Municipal (placed 12th). Arias (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.65/10. Arias hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.

Before that, Alianza Atlético had a home game versus César Vallejo which ended with a victory 3-0.

Goals are plentiful at Estadio Municipal Melanio Coloma Calderón in the league this season as Atlético has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. Alianza Atlético are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Municipal Melanio Coloma Calderón in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Cienciano form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Cienciano's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Atlético Grau that finished 2-2. Cienciano's last match (vs Atlético Grau) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Sandoval. Attacker Sandoval got a player rating of 8.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Sandoval scored two goals, hit five key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 43 total).

Prior to that match, the Cienciano manager Vigevani faced defeat when travelling to Sport Boys and losing 1-2.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).

Head 2 Head

Cienciano have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Alianza Atlético.

This was the scoreline when the participants met previously this season; Cienciano - Alianza Atlético 5-0. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 9 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

CiencianoD. Carando
D. Carando
12 goals
CiencianoK. Sandoval Laynes
K. Sandoval Laynes
8 goals
CiencianoA. Ugarriza Tello
A. Ugarriza Tello
7 goals

Alianza Atlético missing players

Cienciano missing players

Alianza Atlético Cienciano
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 5 13 26
13 8 2 Won W 1 4 13
3 3 1 Drew D 2 5 8
9 1 0 Lost L 2 4 5
36 23 7 Scored S 5 15 46
33 10 2 Conceded C 6 14 27
92% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 85% 88%
68% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 54% 62%
64% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 38% 46%
36% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 23% 38%
12% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 15% 27%
56% 58% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 46% 50%
28% 42% 67% Clean Sheets C S 40% 38% 38%
24% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 23%
 
3.7 3.4 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5 5.9
5.9 5.1 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 6 4.5
3.2 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 3.5 3
5 3 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
11.2 13.1 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14.8 12.5 15.5
4.3 5.1 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4 5.4
33% 38% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 29% 33%
 
10.5 8.8 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11.7 10.3
4.3 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.2 3.8
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Alianza Atlético have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Alianza Atlético have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 Sporting Cristal 7 5 2 0 14 8 3 2 1 0 7 5 4 3 1 0 7 3 6 17
2 Atlético Grau 8 5 2 1 13 8 4 3 0 1 7 4 4 2 2 0 6 4 5 17
3 Alianza Lima 6 5 1 0 8 2 3 3 0 0 5 1 3 2 1 0 3 1 6 16
4 Melgar 6 5 0 1 8 2 4 3 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 15
5 Cienciano 8 4 3 1 9 5 4 2 2 0 6 3 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 15
6 César Vallejo 8 5 0 3 11 10 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 2 0 2 3 6 1 15
7 Deportivo Binacional 8 4 1 3 14 6 4 4 0 0 13 1 4 0 1 3 1 5 8 13
8 Alianza Atlético 7 4 0 3 10 6 3 3 0 0 8 2 4 1 0 3 2 4 4 12
9 Universitario 8 3 2 3 10 5 4 2 1 1 5 2 4 1 1 2 5 3 5 11
10 ADT 8 3 2 3 8 8 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 1 1 2 5 6 0 11
11 Sport Boys 8 3 1 4 13 14 4 3 0 1 8 3 4 0 1 3 5 11 -1 10
12 Deportivo Municipal 8 2 3 3 6 8 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2 9
13 Sport Huancayo 7 2 2 3 13 8 4 2 2 0 10 2 3 0 0 3 3 6 5 8
14 Academia Cantolao 7 1 3 3 7 11 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 2 2 3 7 -4 6
15 UTC Cajamarca 7 2 0 5 5 15 3 2 0 1 4 4 4 0 0 4 1 11 -10 6
16 Carlos Stein 7 1 1 5 8 14 3 1 1 1 5 6 4 0 0 4 3 8 -6 4
17 Carlos Manucci 6 1 1 4 4 12 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 8 -8 4
18 Universidad San Martín 8 1 1 6 7 19 4 1 1 2 5 9 4 0 0 4 2 10 -12 4
19 Ayacucho 8 0 3 5 9 16 4 0 1 3 2 5 4 0 2 2 7 11 -7 3

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.