Football background guide: Alianza Lima favourites when Sport Boys arrive

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sun 17.July
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alejandro Villanueva (34000 seats)

It's only the second fixture in the Primera Division for these teams. And it's all to play for here at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva as Alianza Lima welcome Sport Boys. Don't miss this preview!

Insights:
  • Alianza Lima have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sport Boys have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Both participants have had sufficient rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an active game!

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Alianza Lima form and stats

In the previous season, Alianza Lima's league stats were 12 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, ending with 1st position in the Primera Division. Over these 17 matches they scored 27 goals and let in 11. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season Alianza Lima generated 6-1-1 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 8 conceded. Two home wins in a row for Alianza bring valid hopes of a third.

A strong away win for Alianza Lima against Atlético Grau the last match, as Benavente and Lavandeira were on target. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Lavandeira, having bagged a goal in three consecutive matches.

Before that, Alianza played out a draw 1-1 when visiting ADT.

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Sport Boys form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sport Boys performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 10/8 goals scored/conceded.

Sport Boys had fun at their own home (Estadio Alejandro Villanueva) last time out, beating UTC Cajamarca 3-0. Alarcón and Guevgeozian (2) scored. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone four league fixtures without winning. The attacker Guevgeozian got a match rating of 8.45 in that game. Guevgeozian scored two goals.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Sport Huancayo.

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other previously this season, with the result Sport Boys - Alianza Lima 0-0 written in the official records. Alianza Lima-Sport Boys H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Alianza Lima five wins, Sport Boys one win, four draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

AlianzaH. Barcos
H. Barcos
8 goals
Alianza LimaP. Lavandeira Hernández
P. Lavandeira Hernández
6 goals
Alianza LimaC. Benavente Bristol
C. Benavente Bristol
5 goals

Alianza Lima missing players

Sport Boys missing players

Alianza Lima Sport Boys
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 8 2 Played P 3 9 19
11 6 1 Won W 0 2 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
5 1 1 Lost L 3 5 10
30 15 1 Scored S 1 7 20
17 5 1 Conceded C 10 17 32
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
63% 62% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 79%
37% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 63%
21% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 11% 21%
16% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 16%
42% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 58%
37% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 21%
26% 12% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 26%
 
5.8 5.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5 4.4
5 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.2 6.1
3 2.6 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3 2.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
12.2 14.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 10.7 12.3
4.7 6.2 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.1 4.1
33% 30% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 25% 26%
 
11.4 8.5 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 13.2 12.5
4.3 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.2 4.8
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Alianza Lima have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Alianza Lima have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sport Boys have scored away.
  • Alianza Lima haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sport Boys have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sport Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Deportivo Binacional 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Sport Boys 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Cienciano 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Sporting Cristal 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Alianza Lima 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 ADT 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Melgar 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Academia Cantolao 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Ayacucho 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Deportivo Municipal 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Universitario 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Alianza Atletico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sport Huancayo 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
14 Atlético Grau 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Carlos Manucci 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Carlos Stein 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 César Vallejo 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 UTC Cajamarca 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Universidad San Martín 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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.