Primera Division preview and stats: Alianza Lima - Academia Cantolao at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sat 10.September
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alejandro Villanueva (34000 seats)

Victory alone will satisfy the Alianza Lima followers in this Estadio Alejandro Villanueva clash with Academia Cantolao, as they have a solid lead on their opponents in the Primera Division table.

Insights:
  • Alianza Lima have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Primera Division
  • Academia Cantolao have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Primera Division

Both squads have had time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic match!

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Alianza Lima form and stats

3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Alianza Lima so far this season.

The Alianza crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Universitario here at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva. Before that beating this club had gone nine consecutive league games without being beaten. The versatile forward Barcos edged out all the other footballers in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.32 out of 10. Barcos dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the away draw at UTC Cajamarca that finished 1-1.

It should be considered that a glance at the 16 most recent league games shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Alianza Lima as they have a new game in only one day, a Primera Division match thankfully also at home. Melgar are visiting.

Alianza has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. From these home matches, Alianza Lima have conceded only 3 goals.

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Academia Cantolao form and stats

As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Academia Cantolao have produced an overall stat of 0-3-2 so far.

Academia Cantolao's last game was the home draw against UTC Cajamarca (0-0). Defender Carmona was the best team player with a rating of 7.61. Carmona hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sport Huancayo that ended 1-1.

You'll want to know how Academia managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 6 similar matches resulting in 2 away wins, 3 draws and 1 home win.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Academia Cantolao have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Academia Cantolao - Alianza 1-2 was the output when these teams previously met, some time ago this season. Alianza Lima-Academia Cantolao H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Alianza Lima five wins, Academia Cantolao one win, three draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Alianza LimaH. Barcos
H. Barcos
10 goals
Alianza LimaP. Lavandeira Hernández
P. Lavandeira Hernández
8 goals
Alianza LimaC. Benavente Bristol
C. Benavente Bristol
6 goals

Alianza Lima missing players

Academia Cantolao missing players

Alianza Lima Academia Cantolao
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 5 13 27
15 9 4 Won W 0 2 5
5 1 0 Drew D 2 5 8
6 2 0 Lost L 3 6 14
37 20 11 Scored S 4 12 26
21 8 3 Conceded C 8 22 44
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
58% 58% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 70%
31% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 54% 56%
19% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 33%
12% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
38% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 52%
42% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 19%
27% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 37%
 
5.8 6.4 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 4.5
4.7 3.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.7 5.7
3.1 2.9 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.8
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
12.1 13.8 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.8 9.7
4.9 6.1 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.2
29% 27% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 28% 30%
 
10.8 7.7 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 14.8 13.6
4.2 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 6.1 5.4
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Academia Cantolao have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Primera Division
  • Alianza Lima have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Alianza Lima have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Primera Division
  • Alianza Lima haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 9 6 3 0 17 8 4 2 2 0 7 5 5 4 1 0 10 3 9 21
2 Atletico Grau 10 6 3 1 17 10 5 4 0 1 10 5 5 2 3 0 7 5 7 21
3 Melgar 7 6 0 1 10 3 5 4 0 1 7 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 7 18
4 Cienciano 10 5 3 2 11 6 5 3 2 0 8 3 5 2 1 2 3 3 5 18
5 Universitario 10 5 2 3 14 6 5 3 1 1 7 3 5 2 1 2 7 3 8 17
6 Alianza Lima 8 5 2 1 9 5 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 2 2 0 4 2 4 17
7 Cesar Vallejo 9 5 1 3 11 10 4 3 0 1 8 4 5 2 1 2 3 6 1 16
8 Alianza Atletico 8 5 0 3 11 6 4 4 0 0 9 2 4 1 0 3 2 4 5 15
9 Sport Boys 10 4 2 4 16 16 5 4 0 1 10 4 5 0 2 3 6 12 0 14
10 Deportivo Binacional 9 4 1 4 15 9 4 4 0 0 13 1 5 0 1 4 2 8 6 13
11 Sport Huancayo 9 3 3 3 15 9 5 2 3 0 11 3 4 1 0 3 4 6 6 12
12 ADT 10 3 3 4 10 11 5 2 2 1 4 3 5 1 1 3 6 8 -1 12
13 Deportivo Municipal 10 2 4 4 7 12 5 1 2 2 3 6 5 1 2 2 4 6 -5 10
14 Academia Cantolao 9 1 5 3 8 12 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 0 3 2 4 8 -4 8
15 UTC Cajamarca 9 2 2 5 6 16 4 2 1 1 5 5 5 0 1 4 1 11 -10 8
16 Carlos Manucci 8 1 2 5 5 15 5 1 2 2 4 5 3 0 0 3 1 10 -10 5
17 Carlos Stein 8 1 1 6 8 15 4 1 1 2 5 7 4 0 0 4 3 8 -7 4
18 Ayacucho 10 0 4 6 11 19 5 0 2 3 3 6 5 0 2 3 8 13 -8 4
19 Universidad San Martin 9 1 1 7 8 21 4 1 1 2 5 9 5 0 0 5 3 12 -13 4

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.