Primera Division: Two sides who have played superbly thus far. Get ready for Cienciano - Melgar with this complete preview!
- Cienciano have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Primera Division
- Melgar have the most scored goals (19) in Primera Division
Cienciano form and stats
The story so far in the Primera Division for Cienciano at their home stadium (Estadio Alejandro Villanueva) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
An away draw last time out for Cienciano, facing Real Garcilaso in a game that ended 2-2. Midfielder Jordan Guivin was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.61 (out of ten) in that game. Guivin scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times. The hometeam coach G. Ameli made a successful contribution in the game against Real Garcilaso, bringing on Adrián Ugarriza who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Before that, Cienciano had a home game versus Deportivo Binacional which ended with a victory 2-0.Cienciano has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. From these home matches, Cienciano have conceded only 3 goals.
Melgar form and stats
Playing away, Melgar, who have the most scored goals (19) in Primera Division, have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Primera Division this season.
Melgar failed to get anything from their last game, a Primera Division home match vs Sporting Cristal (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Midfielder Horacio Orzan was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.34. Orzan .
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Carlos Manucci at their stadium, the result 2-1.The Melgar manager N. Lorenzo has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 13 goals in 4 league matches away. 5 goals have been conceded by Melgar in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head meeting ended Melgar - Cienciano 3-0, played this season. Previous ten meetings between these contenders: Cienciano won three, Melgar were winners in five and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Vidales Lature 7 goals |  L. Iberico Robalino 7 goals | B. Cuesta 6 goals |
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| Cienciano | Melgar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 25 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 29 |
| 20 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 65% | 38% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 41% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 65% |
| 35% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 29% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 12% |
| 47% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 53% |
| 41% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 24% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 7.5 | 8.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.7 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 2.5 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.5 | 12.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.3 | 11.4 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.3 |
| 30% | 27% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 44% | 40% |
- All of Melgar's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cienciano have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Primera Division
- Melgar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Melgar have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Melgar have the most scored goals (13) away in Primera Division
- Melgar have the most scored goals (19) in Primera Division
- Melgar have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Primera Division
- Melgar have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Primera Division
- Melgar haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | Carlos Manucci | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Melgar | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | UTC Cajamarca | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Sporting Cristal | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Cienciano | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Academia Cantolao | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Sport Boys | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Ayacucho | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Alianza Universidad | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Deportivo Municipal | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Universitario | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Cesar Vallejo | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Deportivo Binacional | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Alianza Atletico | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Real Garcilaso | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 17 | Sport Huancayo | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Universidad San Martin | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -11 | 2 |