Ayacucho vs Carlos Mannucci: Full pre-match guide and statistics

Carlos Mannucci have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

These are busy days for the host team, as they played only three days ago in the Copa Sudamericana. Thankfully the previous game, versus Wilstermann, was also a home game here at Estadio Ciudad de Cumaná. The away team is better rested.

Ayacucho form and stats

Ayacucho have played 6 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Ayacucho hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Universidad San Martin, Carlos Stein, Ayacucho, Academia Cantolao, UTC Cajamarca and Sport Boys), they have won 3 of 3 matches! It's trouble wherever Ayacucho are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

The home regulars witnessed a 0-0 draw versus Wilstermann in the Copa Sudamericana last time out and are hoping for a win here.

A Primera Division defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Alianza Atletico.

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 Ayacucho have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost four.

The Ayacucho manager Varela has got the team scoring with 14 from 6 home games in the league. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ayacucho defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Carlos Mannucci form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Carlos Mannucci so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose). Mannucci seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Carlos Mannucci's last game was the home draw against ADT (1-1). As mentioned above, Carlos Mannucci drew the match against ADT. Manager Iriarte brought on Fernández to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. The attacker Chávez got a match rating of 7.64 in that game. Chávez hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 21 successful passes (of 23 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Deportivo Binacional's place.

Mannucci are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The visiting Carlos Mannucci have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Carlos Mannucci have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. When Carlos Mannucci is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Universidad San Martin, Carlos Stein, Mannucci, Academia Cantolao, UTC Cajamarca and Sport Boys.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Ayacucho three wins, two draws and Carlos Mannucci one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last six encounters.

Top Goalscorers

C. Techera Cribelli 6 goals

P. Royón Silvera 3 goals

M. Quina Asín 2 goals

Ayacucho missing players

Carlos Mannucci missing players