With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Primera Division game of the season. Cienciano look forward to welcoming Alianza Atlético in front of their home support.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
These teams have little in common geographically as Alianza Atlético have to travel 2100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Cienciano form and stats
Cienciano have collected 3 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 1-0-0.
A nice win for Cienciano last time playing, versus UTC Cajamarca. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Luis Alvarez scoring for the victors. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Universidad San Martin.
Early season league goal statistics from Cienciano's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Last season, Cienciano's league statistics were 8 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Segunda Division. Over these 19 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season Cienciano managed 5-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 12 conceded.
Alianza Atlético form and stats
0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Alianza Atlético in their Primera Division matches away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Alianza Atlético, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Universidad San Martin (placed 2nd). That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Juan Aurich (after extra-time) in the Segunda Division.
1 goal so far away for Alianza Atlético, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Let's have a look at how Alianza Atlético performed last season in the Segunda Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 16 and conceded 11 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 1 with 8/7 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cienciano five wins, two draws and Alianza Atlético three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Alvarez Valdivia 1 goals |   V. Perlaza Caicedo 1 goals |
Cienciano missing players
Alianza Atlético missing players
| Cienciano | Alianza Atlético | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| Cienciano | Last season | Alianza Atlético | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 15 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 39 | 26 | Scored | S | 12 | 22 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 9 | 14 | ||
| 89% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 50% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 73% | ||
| 29% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 36% | ||
| 18% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 18% | ||
| 46% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | ||
| 29% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 12.5 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 27% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 51% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Carlos Manucci | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Universidad San Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Cienciano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Academia Cantolao | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Melgar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Universitario | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | Alianza Atlético | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | UTC Cajamarca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |