A crucial match in Primera Division as both teams are fighting for the top positions. With Cienciano in 6th place and Melgar located at 3rd, this has all the looks of a thriling battle. Read on to find out more!
- Cienciano have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Melgar have the most clean sheets (17) in Primera Division
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!
Cienciano form and stats
3-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Cienciano so far this season.
No payout for Cienciano in their previous match, an away game at Sporting Cristal that ended in defeat 1-4. Cienciano's goalkeeper Vargas was extremely busy against Sporting Cristal, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Midfield player Sandoval got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Sandoval scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Cienciano won a home game hosting Carlos Manucci (2-0).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cienciano have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 4 and lost 0.
Cienciano have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega with 8 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Cienciano have conceded only 3 goals.
Melgar form and stats
Melgar are yet to lose a point on their Primera Division travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
Impressive finishing from Cuesta, Iberico, Archimbaud, Guedes (2) and Vidales secured the home win 6-2 against Deportivo Municipal in their previous game. As mentioned above, Melgar was the only team on the pitch versus Deportivo Municipal in their previous game, winning 6-2. This could be a tougher task. Reyna, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.35. Reyna served one assist, hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.
The match before was the Copa Sudamericana-duel against Independiente del Valle, a home defeat (0-3). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Melgar playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Melgar win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 10 of this team's last 13 league rounds have contained two or less goals.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Melgar has managed 3 goals and let in 0 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Melgar have won at least one point in the last 5 games (4-1-0) against Cienciano.These two sides played each other earlier this match year: Melgar - Cienciano 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Carando 13 goals |  B. Cuesta 11 goals |  K. Sandoval Laynes 9 goals |
Cienciano missing players
Melgar missing players
| Cienciano | Melgar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 14 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 49 | 33 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 39 |
| 32 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 62% | 71% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 46% |
| 45% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 35% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 19% |
| 28% | 36% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 48% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 23% |
| 38% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 58% | 65% |
| 24% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 15% |
| 5.9 | 7.2 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 7.3 | 7.2 |
| 4.6 | 3.1 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 3 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14.7 | 17.9 | 20.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 13.2 | 15.7 |
| 5.1 | 6.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 6.2 |
| 33% | 35% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 24% |
| 10.3 | 8.7 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
- Cienciano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cienciano have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cienciano have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Melgar have scored away.
- Cienciano have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Cienciano have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Melgar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Melgar have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Primera Division
- Melgar have the most clean sheets (17) in Primera Division
- Melgar have the most clean sheets (7) away in Primera Division
- Melgar is in the best form (6-0-0) in Primera Division
| 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 | Cesar Vallejo | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Sport Boys | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | ADT | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Sport Huancayo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 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 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 4 |
