Primera Division: Deportivo Binacional - Sporting Cristal pre-match thoughts and facts

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Fri 08.October
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alejandro Villanueva (34000 seats)

Sporting Cristal can not bank on any donations from hosting team Deportivo Binacional in this Primera Division game. Here's the complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Deportivo Binacional have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (30) 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!

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Deportivo Binacional form and stats

3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Deportivo Binacional so far this season.

A strong away win for Deportivo Binacional against Deportivo Municipal the last match, as Marlon de Jesús and William Mimbela were on target. Manager C. Desio felt very clever after William Mimbela scored the winning goal against Deportivo Municipal, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 65th minute. Juan Pablo Carranza (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.74/10. Carranza served one assist, hit three key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 35 total).

Ahead of that match, Binacional won a home game hosting Universidad San Martin (1-0).

The Deportivo Binacional fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Deportivo Binacional defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Sporting Cristal form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Primera Division.

Sporting Cristal lost away at Cienciano (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfielder Jesús Castillo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.64. Castillo hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 72 successful passes (of 82 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Alianza Universidad.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Cristal are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Cristal have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Binacional and Sporting Cristal have played each other earlier this season: Deportivo Binacional - Sporting Cristal 0-4. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Binacional victory, one draw and five Sporting Cristal wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BinacionalM. de Jesús Pabón
M. de Jesús Pabón
10 goals
Sporting CristalC. Gonzáles Crespo
C. Gonzáles Crespo
8 goals
Sporting CristalA. Hohberg González
A. Hohberg González
8 goals

Deportivo Binacional missing players

Sporting Cristal missing players

Deportivo Binacional Sporting Cristal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 9 2 Played P 3 11 22
7 4 0 Won W 1 8 15
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
12 4 2 Lost L 1 2 4
27 11 2 Scored S 7 26 49
41 16 7 Conceded C 5 12 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 86%
76% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 82% 68%
38% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 36%
14% 11% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 18%
67% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 64%
14% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 27%
19% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 9% 9%
 
4.8 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.7 6.7
4.6 4.8 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 3.4 3.1
3.2 2.6 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2 2.3
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
14.3 13 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 11.5 12.2
5.1 4.6 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 5 5.4
25% 27% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 54% 47% 42%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Deportivo Binacional have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Primera Division
  • Deportivo Binacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sporting Cristal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting Cristal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sporting Cristal have scored at least twice as many goals away as Deportivo Binacional have scored home.
  • Sporting Cristal have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (17) away in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (30) in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • 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 Alianza Lima 14 11 3 0 24 7 7 6 1 0 14 5 7 5 2 0 10 2 17 36
2 Sport Boys 14 7 4 3 19 15 7 3 3 1 11 9 7 4 1 2 8 6 4 25
3 Sporting Cristal 13 7 3 3 30 18 6 2 2 2 13 10 7 5 1 1 17 8 12 24
4 Melgar 13 6 4 3 22 12 7 2 3 2 8 6 6 4 1 1 14 6 10 22
5 Cienciano 14 5 6 3 22 17 7 2 3 2 8 7 7 3 3 1 14 10 5 21
6 Universitario 13 5 5 3 22 16 6 1 2 3 9 12 7 4 3 0 13 4 6 20
7 Carlos Manucci 14 6 2 6 23 22 7 1 2 4 9 13 7 5 0 2 14 9 1 20
8 Deportivo Binacional 13 6 2 5 20 21 6 3 1 2 8 9 7 3 1 3 12 12 -1 20
9 Cesar Vallejo 13 5 4 4 11 8 7 3 1 3 5 3 6 2 3 1 6 5 3 19
10 Ayacucho 14 5 4 5 18 21 7 3 1 3 9 10 7 2 3 2 9 11 -3 19
11 UTC Cajamarca 14 5 4 5 14 18 7 3 1 3 7 11 7 2 3 2 7 7 -4 19
12 Deportivo Municipal 14 5 3 6 18 16 7 1 3 3 7 8 7 4 0 3 11 8 2 18
13 Academia Cantolao 13 3 5 5 17 18 6 1 2 3 7 11 7 2 3 2 10 7 -1 14
14 Sport Huancayo 14 2 8 4 15 19 8 2 3 3 11 14 6 0 5 1 4 5 -4 14
15 Alianza Universidad 14 3 4 7 14 26 7 1 2 4 4 13 7 2 2 3 10 13 -12 13
16 Real Garcilaso 13 3 3 7 23 27 7 2 2 3 14 14 6 1 1 4 9 13 -4 12
17 Alianza Atletico 14 3 3 8 17 31 7 2 2 3 10 13 7 1 1 5 7 18 -14 12
18 Universidad San Martin 13 0 3 10 4 21 6 0 1 5 1 10 7 0 2 5 3 11 -17 3

Read more about Primera Division

The Peruvian First Division, also known as the Primera Division or the Copa Movistar, is the top level of football in Peru. Seasons run from February to December with 18 teams playing 44 fixtures each to create a final league table. Universitario, Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal are by far the dominant winner of this league since it was founded in 1912.