This has the looks of another absorbing skirmish at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the Primera Division. Alianza Lima is in 8th position and host Sporting Cristal in 11th spot. Read all about the fixture here!
- Alianza Lima have the most points from losing position (4) in Primera Division
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Alianza Lima form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Alianza Lima's two home games in the Primera Division so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva.
Alianza faced defeat in their previous match, away at Alianza Atlético (2-4). Rodríguez, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the best performer for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 7.45 (out of 10). Rodríguez scored one goal.
Ahead of that match, Alianza Lima won a home game hosting Carlos Mannucci (3-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Alianza Lima perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Alianza Lima as a small favourite), we find nine games. Alianza Lima has won four of these, drawn zero and lost five.
Alianza Lima has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sporting Cristal in their Primera Division matches away.
Sporting Cristal are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the match against UTC Cajamarca (placed 13th). Gonzáles got a match rating of 9.34 in that game, top player of the team. Gonzáles scored two goals, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 39 successful passes (of 44 total).
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Melgar.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Cristal in our archives, and the results are: one win for Sporting Cristal, one draw and four defeats.
It's early days yet, but Sporting Cristal has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Alianza Lima wins - draws - Sporting Cristal wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  C. Gonzáles Crespo 3 goals |   H. Barcos 2 goals |  J. Ballón Villacorta 1 goals |
Alianza Lima missing players
Sporting Cristal missing players
| Alianza Lima | Sporting Cristal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 7.2 | 7.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 13.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 12.3 |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 38% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.7 |
- Alianza Lima have the most points from losing position (4) in Primera Division
| Alianza Lima | Last season | Sporting Cristal | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 29 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 11 | 19 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 40 | 25 | Scored | S | 34 | 59 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 61% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 59% | ||
| 21% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 34% | ||
| 7% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | ||
| 39% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 59% | ||
| 61% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 31% | ||
| 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 14% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10.7 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 40% | ||
| 10.1 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sport Huancayo | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Universitario | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Alianza Atlético | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Deportivo Municipal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Deportivo Binacional | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Ayacucho | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Cienciano | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Alianza Lima | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Atletico Grau | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | César Vallejo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | Sporting Cristal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Carlos Stein | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | UTC Cajamarca | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Melgar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Sport Boys | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | ADT | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Universidad San Martin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Carlos Mannucci | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -11 | 0 |
