Cienciano welcome Unión Comercio for another entertaining Primera Division fixture here at Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.
Unión Comercio play their home matches on artifical turf, while this match will be played on grass. Recent data for Unión Comercio when featuring on grass are 1 win, 2 draws and 8 defeats from eleven matches. They have scored {10 goals} and conceded 20 times on these occasions.
It's quite the trip for Unión Comercio when visiting Cienciano as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
Cienciano and Unión Comercio 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
Cienciano have only played one Primera Division game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 9 matches.
Cienciano lost their last game at Academia Cantolao (placed 17th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Sandoval for missing a penalty kick versus Academia Cantolao in the 8th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome. Riojas was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.35 out of 10. The defender Riojas hit one key pass and won 11 of 17 duels.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Universitario in the Copa Sudamericana.
At Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Cienciano has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Unión Comercio form and stats
It's not happening yet for Unión Comercio on their Primera Division travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Comercio won their last game, 2-0 versus Sport Huancayo played at home. Palacios, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.11. Palacios scored one goal and won 6 of 8 duels.
Prior to that match, the Unión Comercio manager Chivílchez faced defeat when travelling to Real Garcilaso and losing 1-2.For Comercio, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Cienciano victories, three draws and five Unión Comercio wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Guerrero Lara 4 goals | C. Neira Herrera 4 goals |  C. Garcés Acosta 3 goals |
Cienciano missing players
Unión Comercio missing players
| Cienciano | Unión Comercio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 4.3 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 10.7 | 8.3 |
| 3.7 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.3 | 2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7 | 9.8 |
| 4.7 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 36% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 27% |
| 10.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 19.7 | 16.2 |
| 3.3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 7.3 | 4.7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Garcilaso | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Cesar Vallejo | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Carlos Manucci | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Sporting Cristal | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Unión Comercio | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Real Garcilaso | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 8 | Atletico Grau | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | ADT | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Alianza Atlético | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Deportivo Municipal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Sport Huancayo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Universitario | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Cienciano | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | UTC Cajamarca | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Sport Boys | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Academia Cantolao | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -10 | 3 |
| 18 | Deportivo Binacional | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 1 |
| 19 | Melgar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
