Primera Division preview: Can César Vallejo edge out victory against Sport Huancayo?

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Mansiche (25036 seats)

This season has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, highs and lows leading to mid-table positions so far. Gear up for César Vallejo - Sport Huancayo!

Insights:
  • César Vallejo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sport Huancayo have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in Primera Division

It's quite the trip for Sport Huancayo when visiting César Vallejo as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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César Vallejo form and stats

When playing at home in the Primera Division, César Vallejo have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.

The home team returns to Estadio Mansiche after drawing with Sporting Cristal (placed 1st) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. The César Vallejo goalkeeper Grados was crucial in the match against Sporting Cristal last time out, making eight saves. The goalie Grados was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.25 out of ten. Grados topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match, Vallejo won a home game hosting Carlos Manucci (4-1).

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 César Vallejo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 5 and lost 5.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the César Vallejo at home in the league. 8 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 4 matches.

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Sport Huancayo form and stats

As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Sport Huancayo have produced an overall stat of 1-0-3 so far.

Benites, Monsalvo and Balta scored in Sport Huancayo's previous match, the home game against Universidad San Martin that ended 3-2. Defender Valoyes was the best team player with a rating of 7.74. Valoyes hit one key pass and won 12 of 17 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Carlos Stein at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Sport Huancayo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Huancayo struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

César Vallejo have put together a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (1-4-0) when playing Sport Huancayo.

Sport Huancayo - Vallejo 1-1 was the result in these sides' last H2H match, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Sport HuancayoL. Benítes Vargas
L. Benítes Vargas
17 goals
César VallejoY. Mena Palacios
Y. Mena Palacios
11 goals
Sport HuancayoR. Huaccha Jurado
R. Huaccha Jurado
7 goals

César Vallejo missing players

Sport Huancayo missing players

César Vallejo Sport Huancayo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 3 14 28
13 9 3 Won W 1 7 16
7 2 1 Drew D 0 2 7
7 2 0 Lost L 2 5 5
36 25 11 Scored S 3 21 53
25 9 4 Conceded C 4 18 29
85% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 71%
41% 46% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 39%
22% 38% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 32%
11% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 29% 25%
41% 46% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 50%
33% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 36%
41% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 29% 14%
 
5.6 6.2 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.9 6
5.3 4.5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.4 4.8
2.7 2.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.3 2.1
6 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
12 12.2 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11.9 14.5
4.7 5.9 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.9 5.6
28% 32% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 30% 34%
 
11.4 10.1 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.9 11.4
4 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.6 4.4
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • César Vallejo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • César Vallejo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sport Huancayo have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in Primera Division
  • Sport Huancayo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sport Huancayo 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 Sporting Cristal 10 7 3 0 21 9 5 3 2 0 11 6 5 4 1 0 10 3 12 24
2 Atletico Grau 11 7 3 1 20 10 6 5 0 1 13 5 5 2 3 0 7 5 10 24
3 Melgar 8 7 0 1 16 5 6 5 0 1 13 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 11 21
4 Universitario 11 6 2 3 15 6 5 3 1 1 7 3 6 3 1 2 8 3 9 20
5 Alianza Lima 9 5 3 1 9 5 5 3 1 1 5 3 4 2 2 0 4 2 4 18
6 Cienciano 11 5 3 3 12 10 5 3 2 0 8 3 6 2 1 3 4 7 2 18
7 Deportivo Binacional 11 5 1 5 18 11 5 5 0 0 15 1 6 0 1 5 3 10 7 16
8 Alianza Atletico 10 5 1 4 13 10 5 4 1 0 11 4 5 1 0 4 2 6 3 16
9 César Vallejo 9 5 1 3 11 10 4 3 0 1 8 4 5 2 1 2 3 6 1 16
10 Sport Huancayo 10 4 3 3 18 11 6 3 3 0 14 5 4 1 0 3 4 6 7 15
11 Sport Boys 11 4 2 5 16 17 6 4 0 2 10 5 5 0 2 3 6 12 -1 14
12 ADT 11 3 4 4 12 13 5 2 2 1 4 3 6 1 2 3 8 10 -1 13
13 UTC Cajamarca 10 3 2 5 10 16 5 3 1 1 9 5 5 0 1 4 1 11 -6 11
14 Deportivo Municipal 11 2 4 5 9 18 5 1 2 2 3 6 6 1 2 3 6 12 -9 10
15 Academia Cantolao 10 1 6 3 8 12 4 1 2 1 4 4 6 0 4 2 4 8 -4 9
16 Carlos Manucci 9 2 2 5 7 16 6 2 2 2 6 6 3 0 0 3 1 10 -9 8
17 Ayacucho 11 0 4 7 11 22 5 0 2 3 3 6 6 0 2 4 8 16 -11 4
18 Carlos Stein 9 1 1 7 8 19 4 1 1 2 5 7 5 0 0 5 3 12 -11 4
19 Universidad San Martin 10 1 1 8 10 24 4 1 1 2 5 9 6 0 0 6 5 15 -14 4

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.