Ayacucho have had trouble finding points this season. Could the gang get a victory when Melgar come to visit Estadio Ciudad de Cumaná?
- Ayacucho is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Melgar have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Primera Division
These teams have little in common geographically as Melgar have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Ayacucho nor Melgar as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ayacucho form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Ayacucho have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.
The Ayacucho supporters got no joy from their last game, a Copa Sudamericana duel also played here at Estadio Ciudad de Cumaná: A 0-2 defeat against Everton.
Heartbreak before that as Ayacucho lost 2-3 at Sporting Cristal's place.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ayacucho as they are travelling to their away game against Sao Paulo in the Copa Sudamericana. That match is three days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Ayacucho are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. Ayacucho have conceded 12 from these games.
Melgar form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Melgar playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Ayacucho.
Melgar have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jorge Denilson Cabezudo Ormeno. It's been 331 minutes since they last conceded in Primera Division.
Two away games in a row for Melgar, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Racing Club in the Copa Sudamericana.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs ADT.A new game in only four days for Melgar, the Copa Sudamericana home match versus Cuiaba. Busy days.
Melgar are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). As for defending, Melgar rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two participants are: one win for Ayacucho, five draws and four wins for Melgar. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games. The matches between these teams have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  C. Techera Cribelli 7 goals |  B. Cuesta 6 goals | P. Royón Silvera 4 goals |
Ayacucho missing players
Melgar missing players
| Ayacucho | Melgar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | 16 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 26 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 11 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 54% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 46% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 23% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 23% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 62% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 15% |
| 5.6 | 7.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.7 | 6.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 14.6 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 12.9 | 13.8 |
| 4.3 | 5.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 38% | 43% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 23% | 25% |
| 8.9 | 9 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 9.9 | 8.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
- All of Ayacucho's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Ayacucho have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ayacucho have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Ayacucho have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Primera Division
- Ayacucho have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Primera Division
- Ayacucho have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Ayacucho have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ayacucho haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Ayacucho is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Melgar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Melgar have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Primera Division
- Melgar have the most clean sheets (8) in Primera Division
- Melgar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | Sport Huancayo | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Alianza Atletico | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 5 | Universitario | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 6 | Alianza Lima | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 7 | Cienciano | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 22 |
| 8 | Deportivo Binacional | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Deportivo Municipal | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 19 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Atletico Grau | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Cesar Vallejo | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Sport Boys | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 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 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 15 | Carlos Stein | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -7 | 12 |
| 16 | Ayacucho | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 11 |
| 17 | Carlos Manucci | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 10 |
| 18 | Universidad San Martin | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -16 | 8 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -16 | 6 |
