Alianza Lima and Cienciano are both riding high in the Primera Division with their 4th and 6th spots respectively. Let's hope for a great game!
- Alianza Lima have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have the most scored goals (29) in Primera Division
It's quite the trip for Cienciano when visiting Alianza as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
This looks to be an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Game on!
Alianza Lima form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 Primera Division games here at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva for Alianza Lima. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Alianza Lima has won seven games in a row. The Melgar match was the last time out without a victory.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Angelo Ademir Campos Turriarte not having conceded a league goal in 337 minutes.
The fans hope that Alianza Lima will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 1-8 away defeat in the Copa Libertadores fixture against River Plate. Midfield player Ballon got a match rating of 6.31 in that game, the max score being 10. Ballon dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 60 successful passes (of 64 total).
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Deportivo Municipal.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Alianza Lima have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Alianza are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Cienciano form and stats
2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cienciano in their Primera Division matches away.
Rinaldi, Curuchet and Carando scored in Cienciano's previous match, the home game against UTC Cajamarca that ended 3-2. Carando came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against UTC Cajamarca last time out, making the manager Ameli feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder Rinaldi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.14. Rinaldi scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 39 successful passes (of 46 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sport Huancayo that ended 3-3.Cienciano are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
Cienciano have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. 9 goals have been conceded by Cienciano in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Alianza three wins, one draw and Cienciano six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Barcos 7 goals |   D. Carando 7 goals |  K. Sandoval Laynes 5 goals |
Alianza Lima missing players
Cienciano missing players
| Alianza Lima | Cienciano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 71% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 57% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 50% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 43% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 23% | 17% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 29% |
| 6.5 | 6.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 6 | 4.1 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 12.8 | 14.7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.3 | 14.9 |
| 5.1 | 6.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.7 | 5.5 |
| 36% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 38% | 38% |
| 9.5 | 7.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 10.9 | 9.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
- Alianza Lima have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Alianza Lima have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Primera Division
- Alianza Lima haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cienciano have the most scored goals (29) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have the the best goal difference (+13) in Primera Division
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melgar | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 31 |
| 2 | Alianza Atletico | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | Sport Huancayo | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Alianza Lima | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | Sporting Cristal | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Cienciano | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | Universitario | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 |
| 8 | Deportivo Binacional | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | Deportivo Municipal | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 19 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Atletico Grau | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Cesar Vallejo | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Sport Boys | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 18 |
| 13 | ADT | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | UTC Cajamarca | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Carlos Manucci | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Carlos Stein | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Ayacucho | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | Universidad San Martin | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -14 | 11 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -15 | 9 |
