Evenly matched teams: César Vallejo vs Sporting Cristal match preview

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Mansiche (25000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for César Vallejo - Sporting Cristal!

The hosts César Vallejo saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Primera Division. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sport Boys.

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César Vallejo form and stats

Home games in the Primera Division have been a walk in the park for César Vallejo so far, with 23 points won from 9 matches; 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since César Vallejo tasted defeat here at Estadio Mansiche, as they have taken at least one point from their last 16 home games.

César Vallejo manager J. del Solar and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Sport Boys in the Primera Division. Ahead of that match, César Vallejo won a home game hosting Alianza Lima (3-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with César Vallejo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with César Vallejo as a small favourite), we find one game. César Vallejo has won 1 of these, drawn 0 and lost 0.

A decent goal production from César Vallejo in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. From these home matches, César Vallejo have conceded only 5 goals.

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Sporting Cristal form and stats

2-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sporting Cristal, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Primera Division, in their Primera Division matches away. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Sporting Cristal's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Two away games in a row for Sporting Cristal, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Unión Comercio in the Primera Division. That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus Sport Boys.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sporting Cristal playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were 2 Sporting Cristal wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Sporting Cristal as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Sporting Cristal - César Vallejo 4-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for César Vallejo, 1 draw and 6 wins for Sporting Cristal. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

S. Silva
13 goals / 1 assists
C. Palacios
7 goals / 1 assists
G. Pacheco
5 goals / 5 assists

César Vallejo missing players

Sporting Cristal missing players

César Vallejo Sporting Cristal
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
21 11 3 Played 2 10 21
10 8 2 Won 0 2 11
4 3 1 Drew 1 4 5
7 0 0 Lost 1 4 5
30 19 5 Scored 2 9 37
26 7 2 Conceded 3 10 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 80% 90%
67% 55% 67% Over 1.5 100% 80% 81%
52% 45% 33% Over 2.5 50% 30% 48%
38% 36% 33% Over 3.5 0% 0% 29%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 14%
52% 45% 67% BTTS 100% 40% 48%
33% 55% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 40% 43%
14% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 40% 19%
 
5.6 6 6.7 Corners For (avg) 4.5 6.1 6.1
5.3 3.7 2.3 Corners Against (avg) 3.5 3.5 3.5
2.3 2 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 5.5 2.5 2.2
2 0 0 Red Cards 0 2 4
Key stats this season:
  • César Vallejo have not yet lost a game at home.
  • César Vallejo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • César Vallejo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sporting Cristal have scored away.
  • César Vallejo have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • César Vallejo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

César Vallejo
All Primera Division Club Friendlies Segunda Division
All Home Away
08-06-19 PD César Vallejo 1 - 0 Alianza Universidad
13-07-19 PD César Vallejo 1 - 1 Deportivo Binacional
23-07-19 PD Sport Huancayo 2 - 0 César Vallejo
18-08-19 PD César Vallejo 3 - 1 Alianza Lima
27-08-19 PD Sport Boys 1 - 1 César Vallejo
31-08-19 PD César Vallejo 01:00 Sporting Cristal
08-09-19 PD Unión Comercio 18:30 César Vallejo
14-09-19 PD Academia Cantolao 22:45 César Vallejo
22-09-19 PD César Vallejo - Deportivo Municipal
29-09-19 PD Ayacucho - César Vallejo
Sporting Cristal
All Copa Libertadores Primera Division Club Friendlies Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
20-07-19 PD Alianza Lima 2 - 1 Sporting Cristal
23-07-19 CS Zulia 1 - 0 Sporting Cristal
30-07-19 CS Sporting Cristal 3 - 2 Zulia
18-08-19 PD Sporting Cristal 4 - 2 Sport Boys
25-08-19 PD Unión Comercio 2 - 1 Sporting Cristal
31-08-19 PD César Vallejo 01:00 Sporting Cristal
08-09-19 PD Sporting Cristal 16:15 Academia Cantolao
15-09-19 PD Deportivo Municipal 21:00 Sporting Cristal
22-09-19 PD Sporting Cristal - Ayacucho
29-09-19 PD UTC Cajamarca - 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 17 12 0 5 44 23 9 8 0 1 27 8 8 4 0 4 17 15 21 36
2 Sporting Cristal 17 9 5 3 28 13 9 7 1 1 21 7 8 2 4 2 7 6 15 32
3 César Vallejo 17 9 2 6 25 21 9 7 2 0 15 5 8 2 0 6 10 16 4 29
4 Deportivo Municipal 17 7 7 3 27 20 9 5 4 0 16 6 8 2 3 3 11 14 7 28
5 Alianza Lima 17 7 5 5 30 24 9 5 3 1 19 12 8 2 2 4 11 12 6 26
6 Real Garcilaso 17 7 5 5 19 15 8 4 3 1 11 6 9 3 2 4 8 9 4 26
7 Ayacucho 17 7 4 6 26 23 8 5 2 1 15 5 9 2 2 5 11 18 3 25
8 UTC Cajamarca 17 6 7 4 26 24 8 5 3 0 17 7 9 1 4 4 9 17 2 25
9 Academia Cantolao 17 6 7 4 18 17 9 3 3 3 10 13 8 3 4 1 8 4 1 25
10 Sport Huancayo 17 6 6 5 22 23 9 4 1 4 10 13 8 2 5 1 12 10 -1 24
11 Melgar 17 6 5 6 26 25 8 3 3 2 12 11 9 3 2 4 14 14 1 23
12 Universitario 17 6 5 6 25 27 8 4 2 2 14 12 9 2 3 4 11 15 -2 23
13 Alianza Universidad 17 5 7 5 18 18 9 4 4 1 13 8 8 1 3 4 5 10 0 22
14 Carlos Manucci 17 4 4 9 22 27 8 3 2 3 16 15 9 1 2 6 6 12 -5 16
15 Unión Comercio 17 3 6 8 15 21 8 2 3 3 8 6 9 1 3 5 7 15 -6 15
16 Universidad San Martín 17 3 6 8 13 32 8 3 4 1 10 8 9 0 2 7 3 24 -19 15
17 Molinos El Pirata 17 3 5 9 17 29 8 3 3 2 10 7 9 0 2 7 7 22 -12 14
18 Sport Boys 17 2 4 11 9 28 9 2 2 5 6 11 8 0 2 6 3 17 -19 10

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