Cienciano will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Sporting Cristal.
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 Sporting Cristal have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Cienciano form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Cienciano, who have the most scored goals (19) at home in Primera Division, have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.
The Cienciano supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Alianza Lima in Primera Division and win 2-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sport Boys (1-2).
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of M. Grioni when Jose Cuero scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute.
A decent goal production from Cienciano in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cienciano have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (26) away in Primera Division, are W4-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division. Cristal are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.
Cristal play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 6-3 victory visiting Deportivo Binacional. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Universitario.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Sporting Cristal, as mentioned above. 9 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? Emanuel Herrera certainly enjoyed Cristal's last game versus Deportivo Binacional, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 6-3 victory.
Sporting Cristal create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 26 goals in 10 travels. As for defending, Cristal rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Cienciano - Sporting Cristal 0-0 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Cienciano won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Sporting Cristal has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  E. Herrera 12 goals |  W. Corozo Becerra 6 goals |   L. García Uribe 4 goals |
Cienciano missing players
Sporting Cristal missing players
| Cienciano | Sporting Cristal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 27 | 19 | 1 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | 38 |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 23 |
| 84% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 89% |
| 63% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 74% |
| 58% | 70% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 53% |
| 32% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 32% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 50% | 32% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 80% | 68% |
| 37% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 21% |
| 37% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 246 | 144 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 133 | 239 |
| 94 | 57 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 63 | 100 |
| 29% | 33% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 41% | 38% |
- Cienciano has the most scored goals (19) at home in Primera Division
- Cienciano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Cristal has the most scored goals (26) away in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Universitario | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 42 |
| 2 | Sport Huancayo | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | César Vallejo | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Carlos Manucci | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | UTC Cajamarca | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Alianza Universidad | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Melgar | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | Ayacucho | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 27 |
| 10 | Cienciano | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 11 | Deportivo Binacional | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Alianza Lima | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Academia Cantolao | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Deportivo Municipal | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 15 | Real Garcilaso | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 21 |
| 16 | Universidad San Martin | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 21 |
| 17 | Sport Boys | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Carlos Stein | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -10 | 17 |
| 19 | Atlético Grau | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -17 | 11 |