Melgar expected to challenge Carlos Stein at their own home

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)

This might well be another intriguing encounter in the Primera Division. Carlos Stein is in 15th place and host Melgar in 5th position. Learn more about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Melgar have the most clean sheets (16) in Primera Division

This should be an action-packed match with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Carlos Stein form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Carlos Stein's two home games in the Primera Division so far this season, having collected 4 points.

In their previous game, the manager Brenis led his Carlos to a defeat away at Sporting Cristal. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Carlos Stein's goalkeeper Lozada was extremely busy against Sporting Cristal, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves. Midfielder Palacios was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.05 (out of ten) in that game. Palacios scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Alianza Atletico.

Betting people might want to know that 11 of the most recent 14 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Carlos Stein at home in the league. 5 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Melgar form and stats

The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division.

Cuesta (2) and Reyna scored in Melgar's previous match, the home game against Academia Cantolao that ended 3-1. Attacker Cuesta got a player rating of 9.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Cuesta scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this club's most recent 10 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.

1 goal so far away for Melgar, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Melgar - Carlos Stein 3-0 was the end result in these squads' previous head to head match, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Carlos Stein wins - draws - Melgar wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two encounters.

Top Goalscorers

MelgarB. Cuesta
B. Cuesta
10 goals
CarlosB. Palacios Bustamante
B. Palacios Bustamante
4 goals
Carlos SteinO. Takeuchi Bambaren
O. Takeuchi Bambaren
4 goals

Carlos Stein missing players

Melgar missing players

Carlos Stein Melgar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 6 11 23
4 4 0 Won W 3 6 17
6 5 3 Drew D 0 2 2
14 2 1 Lost L 3 3 4
26 16 5 Scored S 4 11 29
43 13 6 Conceded C 8 11 13
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
83% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 45% 39%
62% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 30%
25% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 27% 17%
12% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 17% 27% 17%
8% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 55% 70%
29% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 17%
 
4.5 4.5 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 8.5 7.1 7.3
5.9 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.6 3.9
2.9 2.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.7 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
8.5 8.7 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 13.3 15.3
3.7 3.6 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.9 5.7
30% 40% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 20% 22%
 
13.7 10.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 9.6 8.3
5.3 4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.1
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Melgar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Melgar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Melgar have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Primera Division
  • Melgar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Primera Division
  • Melgar have the most clean sheets (16) in Primera Division
  • Melgar have the most clean sheets (6) away in Primera Division

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

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.