Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Deportivo Municipal in 8th and Cienciano in 7th place.
It's no vacation for neither Deportivo Municipal nor Cienciano as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Municipal's stadium, Estadio Municipal Segundo Aranda Torres, has a artifical turf surface. Cienciano have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Cienciano when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses from five matches. They have scored 9 goals in these games and conceded 5.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cienciano, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
Deportivo Municipal form and stats
Deportivo Municipal have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Primera Division. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Deportivo Municipal, as their goalkeeper Diego Melian de Leon has completely shut out the opponents for 203 minutes in the Primera Division.
Happy days for Municipal in their previous game, a Primera Division match away at Universidad San Martín (placed 14th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Heartbreak before that as Deportivo Municipal lost 0-1 at Alianza Lima's place.
Municipal has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Municipal have only let in 1 goal at home.
Cienciano form and stats
Things could have gone better for Cienciano in their Primera Division away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
The Cienciano goalkeeper Daniel Andres Ferreyra Silva is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 212 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Cienciano played 0-0 against Atlético Grau in their previous match. Prior to that result Cienciano won their away game at Carlos Manucci. The scoreline was 2-0.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cienciano have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. 3 goals have been conceded by Cienciano in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for Municipal, zero draws and two wins for Cienciano. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  J. Romagnoli 4 goals |  J. Succar Cañote 3 goals |  R. Vilca Betetta 2 goals |
Deportivo Municipal missing players
Cienciano missing players
| Deportivo Municipal | Cienciano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 86% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 57% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
| 7.7 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 73 | 40 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 37 | 110 |
| 30 | 18 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 15 | 44 |
| 20% | 17% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 20% | 30% |
- Cienciano have scored more than double the goals of Deportivo Municipal.
- Cienciano have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Deportivo Municipal has the fewest conceded goals (4)
- Deportivo Municipal has the fewest matches over the total-line (0)
- Deportivo Municipal has the most matches under the total-line (7)
- Deportivo Municipal have not yet lost a game at 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 | Ayacucho | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Alianza Universidad | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Deportivo Binacional | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Universitario | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Sport Huancayo | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Melgar | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Cienciano | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Deportivo Municipal | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Academia Cantolao | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Carlos Manucci | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Real Garcilaso | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | UTC Cajamarca | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Sporting Cristal | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Universidad San Martín | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | César Vallejo | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 16 | Alianza Lima | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Sport Boys | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Carlos Stein | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
| 20 | Atlético Grau | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |