Primera Division game preview and facts: Cienciano against Deportivo Municipal

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (42056 seats)

Carrying a 3 point lead in the league table, Cienciano supporters crave to see their beloved team earn full points from this fixture vs Deportivo Municipal.

Insights:
  • Cienciano have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Deportivo Municipal have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Deportivo Municipal play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this game will take part on grass. Up to date results for Deportivo Municipal when featuring on grass are 11 wins, 6 draws and 10 defeats from 27 matches. They have created {43 goals} and conceded 42 times in these games.

Deportivo Municipal have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Cienciano form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega as Cienciano have scored 13 goals to get 15 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Primera Division are 4-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Cienciano are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Atlético Grau. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in five league rounds. Cienciano were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Sandoval (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.03/10. Sandoval hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that, Cienciano drew at home versus Cesar Vallejo.

Cienciano have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega with 13 goals in 7 league matches. Cienciano are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.

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Deportivo Municipal form and stats

Playing away, Deportivo Municipal have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Primera Division this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Municipal as they have been defeated three times in a row since the UTC Cajamarca match.

Deportivo Municipal failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sport Huancayo (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-2. García got a match rating of 8.25 in that game, top player of the team. García hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 51 successful passes (of 61 total).

A 1-2 defeat away at Alianza Lima before that.

8 goals have been conceded by Deportivo Municipal in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: four - one - two (Cienciano wins - draws - Deportivo Municipal wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CiencianoC. Garcés Acosta
C. Garcés Acosta
11 goals
Deportivo MunicipalC. Olivares Burga
C. Olivares Burga
7 goals
CiencianoJ. Romagnoli
J. Romagnoli
3 goals

Cienciano missing players

Deportivo Municipal missing players

Cienciano Deportivo Municipal
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 3 7 14
6 4 1 Won W 1 2 5
3 3 1 Drew D 2 2 3
5 0 0 Lost L 0 3 6
20 13 4 Scored S 4 7 16
20 5 2 Conceded C 2 8 16
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 93%
43% 29% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 36%
36% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 43% 43%
21% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 36%
43% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 21%
 
4.6 5.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 3.4 5.1
3.4 2.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.1 5.2
3.1 3.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.1 3
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11.4 14 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 10 12.2
4.4 5.1 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.1 3.7
32% 36% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 32% 31%
 
11.8 10 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 10.3 9.8
4.1 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.9 3.6
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Cienciano have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cienciano have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Deportivo Municipal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Deportivo Municipal 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 Alianza Lima 15 12 0 3 27 11 7 7 0 0 16 1 8 5 0 3 11 10 16 36
2 Universitario 15 10 1 4 28 12 8 7 0 1 20 4 7 3 1 3 8 8 16 31
3 Sporting Cristal 15 7 7 1 27 15 8 5 3 0 13 5 7 2 4 1 14 10 12 28
4 Carlos Manucci 15 8 2 5 15 12 7 4 2 1 7 2 8 4 0 4 8 10 3 26
5 Real Garcilaso 15 8 2 5 20 20 7 6 0 1 12 7 8 2 2 4 8 13 0 26
6 Sport Huancayo 15 7 3 5 28 22 7 4 1 2 15 9 8 3 2 3 13 13 6 24
7 Deportivo Garcilaso 15 6 5 4 27 21 8 3 4 1 16 11 7 3 1 3 11 10 6 23
8 Cesar Vallejo 15 6 5 4 20 18 8 5 2 1 15 6 7 1 3 3 5 12 2 23
9 Cienciano 15 6 3 6 20 23 7 4 3 0 13 5 8 2 0 6 7 18 -3 21
10 Atlético Grau 15 5 4 6 24 16 8 4 3 1 17 5 7 1 1 5 7 11 8 19
11 Alianza Atlético 15 5 4 6 28 29 7 4 2 1 15 9 8 1 2 5 13 20 -1 19
12 Melgar 15 4 6 5 18 18 7 4 1 2 13 8 8 0 5 3 5 10 0 18
13 Deportivo Municipal 15 5 3 7 16 19 8 3 1 4 9 11 7 2 2 3 7 8 -3 18
14 UTC Cajamarca 15 4 6 5 12 16 8 3 4 1 7 3 7 1 2 4 5 13 -4 18
15 ADT 15 4 5 6 17 17 8 3 2 3 11 9 7 1 3 3 6 8 0 17
16 Union Comercio 14 4 2 8 16 28 7 3 2 2 10 13 7 1 0 6 6 15 -12 14
17 Deportivo Binacional 14 3 3 8 18 26 7 3 1 3 14 13 7 0 2 5 4 13 -8 12
18 Sport Boys 14 2 3 9 7 22 7 2 1 4 6 11 7 0 2 5 1 11 -15 9
19 Academia Cantolao 15 2 2 11 8 31 7 2 1 4 6 9 8 0 1 7 2 22 -23 8

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.