Primera Division preview: Can Alianza Lima edge out victory against Unión Comercio?

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Date: Fri 07.June
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alejandro Villanueva (35000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Unión Comercio play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Unión Comercio when playing on grass are 5 wins, 6 draws and 26 defeats from 37 matches. They have scored 29 goals and conceded 65 times in these games. It's quite the trip for Unión Comercio when visiting Alianza Lima as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.

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Alianza Lima form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva as Alianza Lima have scored 18 goals to get 17 points from 8 games. The overall stats are 5-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Alianza Lima has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A good away victory last time out for Alianza Lima, who won 3-0 against Sport Huancayo. Ahead of that match, Alianza Lima won a home game hosting Deportivo Binacional (2-1).

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 four games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 0.

The Alianza Lima manager P. Bengoechea has got the team scoring with 18 from 8 home games. Alianza Lima's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Unión Comercio form and stats

There's been little loot from Unión Comercio's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games. Unión Comercio only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. Unión Comercio has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Primera Division home defeat versus Real Garcilaso with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Sport Huancayo's place.

Unión Comercio are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Unión Comercio as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games. Unión Comercio have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Alianza Lima victories, 2 draws and 2 Unión Comercio wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

K. Quevedo
11 goals / 4 assists
M. Affonso
6 goals / 1 assists
F. Rodríguez
4 goals / 2 assists

Alianza Lima missing players

Unión Comercio missing players

Alianza Lima Unión Comercio
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
16 8 3 Played 5 8 16
7 5 3 Won 0 1 3
4 2 0 Drew 1 2 5
5 1 0 Lost 4 5 8
29 18 7 Scored 2 6 14
23 11 2 Conceded 9 14 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 94%
88% 88% 67% Over 1.5 60% 62% 62%
81% 88% 67% Over 2.5 40% 50% 31%
44% 62% 33% Over 3.5 20% 38% 25%
12% 25% 33% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
69% 75% 33% BTTS 40% 50% 38%
19% 25% 67% Clean Sheets 0% 12% 25%
12% 0% 0% Failed To Score 60% 38% 44%
 
5.9 7.4 7.3 Corners For (avg) 7.2 5.5 5.5
4.8 4 4.7 Corners Against (avg) 6 5.4 4.8
3.3 4 4 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.8 3.1 2.5
3 1 0 Red Cards 1 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Alianza Lima have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Alianza Lima have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Alianza Lima have scored more than double the goals of Unión Comercio.
  • Alianza Lima have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Alianza Lima haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Unión Comercio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Unión Comercio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Unión Comercio haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Alianza Lima
08-05-19 CL Alianza Lima 1 - 2 Palestino
12-05-19 PD Alianza Lima 3 - 2 Melgar
19-05-19 PD Alianza Universidad 2 - 1 Alianza Lima
26-05-19 PD Alianza Lima 2 - 1 Deportivo Binacional
01-06-19 PD Sport Huancayo 0 - 3 Alianza Lima
07-06-19 PD Alianza Lima 18:15 Unión Comercio
14-07-19 PD Sport Boys - Alianza Lima
21-07-19 PD Alianza Lima - Sporting Cristal
18-08-19 PD Cesar Vallejo - Alianza Lima
25-08-19 PD Alianza Lima - Academia Cantolao
Unión Comercio
04-05-19 PD Unión Comercio 0 - 1 Ayacucho
11-05-19 PD Deportivo Binacional 3 - 1 Unión Comercio
18-05-19 PD Unión Comercio 4 - 0 UTC Cajamarca
28-05-19 PD Sport Huancayo 3 - 1 Unión Comercio
02-06-19 PD Unión Comercio 0 - 1 Real Garcilaso
07-06-19 PD Alianza Lima 18:15 Unión Comercio
14-07-19 PD Universitario - Unión Comercio
21-07-19 PD Unión Comercio - Sport Boys
18-08-19 PD Molinos El Pirata - Unión Comercio
25-08-19 PD Unión Comercio - Sporting Cristal

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Deportivo Binacional 16 12 0 4 43 20 9 8 0 1 27 8 7 4 0 3 16 12 23 36
2 Sporting Cristal 16 8 5 3 25 12 8 6 1 1 18 6 8 2 4 2 7 6 13 29
3 Deportivo Municipal 16 7 6 3 26 19 8 5 3 0 15 5 8 2 3 3 11 14 7 27
4 César Vallejo 16 8 2 6 24 21 8 6 2 0 14 5 8 2 0 6 10 16 3 26
5 Alianza Lima 16 7 4 5 29 23 8 5 2 1 18 11 8 2 2 4 11 12 6 25
6 Academia Cantolao 16 6 7 3 17 12 8 3 3 2 9 8 8 3 4 1 8 4 5 25
7 Real Garcilaso 16 7 4 5 19 15 7 4 2 1 11 6 9 3 2 4 8 9 4 25
8 Alianza Universidad 16 5 7 4 18 17 9 4 4 1 13 8 7 1 3 3 5 9 1 22
9 UTC Cajamarca 16 5 7 4 22 23 7 4 3 0 13 6 9 1 4 4 9 17 -1 22
10 Universitario 16 6 4 6 25 27 8 4 2 2 14 12 8 2 2 4 11 15 -2 22
11 Ayacucho 16 6 4 6 21 23 7 4 2 1 10 5 9 2 2 5 11 18 -2 22
12 Sport Huancayo 16 5 6 5 21 23 9 4 1 4 10 13 7 1 5 1 11 10 -2 21
13 Melgar 16 5 5 6 21 24 8 3 3 2 12 11 8 2 2 4 9 13 -3 20
14 Carlos Manucci 16 4 3 9 21 26 8 3 2 3 16 15 8 1 1 6 5 11 -5 15
15 Universidad San Martín 16 3 6 7 13 27 8 3 4 1 10 8 8 0 2 6 3 19 -14 15
16 Unión Comercio 16 3 5 8 14 20 8 2 3 3 8 6 8 1 2 5 6 14 -6 14
17 Molinos El Pirata 16 3 5 8 16 25 8 3 3 2 10 7 8 0 2 6 6 18 -9 14
18 Sport Boys 16 2 4 10 9 27 8 2 2 4 6 10 8 0 2 6 3 17 -18 10