The home side, Cienciano, should be expected winners in this match, but Sporting Cristal have exhibited both know-how and heroism. Learn more about the game!
- Cienciano have the most scored goals (23) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sporting Cristal have scored away.
Sporting Cristal 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.
Cienciano and Sporting Cristal should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Cienciano form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Cienciano, who have the most scored goals (23) in Primera Division, have to build on here at Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega in the Primera Division. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Cienciano has won their last four matches.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Miguel Angel Vargas Manan not having conceded a league goal in 184 minutes.
Cienciano enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Carlos Mannucci's place. The match ended 2-0 with Fuentes and Guerrero scoring. Defender Fuentes got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.03/10. Fuentes scored one goal and won 3 of 5 duels.
Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Alianza Atletico.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 seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost zero.
It's goals goals goals for Cienciano who have scored 16 goals from 5 league home games. From these home matches, Cienciano have conceded only 4 goals.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Sporting Cristal are travelling after their nice 6-4 home win in the match against Deportivo Municipal (placed 3rd). As you can tell from the result, the match against Deportivo Municipal was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 10 goals, will the fun continue today? Attacker Avila got a player rating of 9.72 in the game. "Man of the match" Avila scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
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 six relevant matches. Results were zero Cristal wins, one draw and five defeats.
Sporting Cristal have another match away from home in just four sleeps, a Copa Libertadores fixture versus Talleres Cordoba. A gruelling fixture list for the visiting team!
Sporting Cristal are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Cienciano won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Sporting Cristal managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  C. Gonzáles Crespo 6 goals |  D. Carando 5 goals |  F. Guerrero Vásquez 4 goals |
Cienciano missing players
Sporting Cristal missing players
| Cienciano | Sporting Cristal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 80% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 78% |
| 60% | 80% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 56% |
| 50% | 80% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 56% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 60% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 67% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 22% |
| 7 | 7.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 3 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.3 | 16.4 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 14.5 | 13.9 |
| 5.4 | 7.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 43% | 41% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 40% |
| 8.3 | 7.6 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 10.8 | 11.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.3 |
- Cienciano have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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.
- Cienciano have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sporting Cristal have scored away.
- Cienciano have the most scored goals (23) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have the the best goal difference (+12) at home in Primera Division
- Cienciano have the the best goal difference (+14) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Cienciano is in the best form (5-1-0) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal 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 | Cienciano | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Sport Huancayo | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Deportivo Municipal | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 20 |
| 4 | Deportivo Binacional | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Alianza Atletico | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Universitario | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | Sporting Cristal | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Atletico Grau | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Cesar Vallejo | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | ADT | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Melgar | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Ayacucho | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | Alianza Lima | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 | UTC Cajamarca | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Carlos Mannucci | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Universidad San Martin | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 6 |
| 17 | Carlos Stein | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Sport Boys | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 5 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -13 | 5 |
