Primera Division fixture prognosis and news & stats for the Deportivo Municipal vs Sport Huancayo clash

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Thu 23.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alberto Gallardo (11600 seats)

A win is the only result that will suffice for the Deportivo Municipal supporters in this Estadio Alberto Gallardo battle with Sport Huancayo, seeing as they have a healthy lead on the opposition in the Primera Division table.

Insights:
  • Deportivo Municipal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sport Huancayo have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Primera Division

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Deportivo Municipal's stadium, Estadio Alberto Gallardo, has a artifical turf surface. Sport Huancayo 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 Sport Huancayo when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses from six matches. They have scored 7 goals in these games and conceded 4.

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Deportivo Municipal form and stats

Deportivo Municipal have played 5 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Nothing to worry about in defence for Municipal, as their goalkeeper Diego Melian de Leon has completely shut out the opponents for 263 minutes in the Primera Division.

Municipal are returning here after visiting Universitario in a Primera Division game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Roberto Ovelar and Alexis Rodríguez scored the goal(s). Municipal goalkeeper Diego Melián did an outstanding job against Universitario with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The striker Roberto Ovelar bested all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.61 out of 10. Ovelar scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Alianza Universidad and winning 3-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Municipal as they are travelling to their away game against César Vallejo in the Primera Division. That match is three days after this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Municipal here at Estadio Alberto Gallardo in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). From these home matches, Municipal have conceded only 4 goals.

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Sport Huancayo form and stats

As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Sport Huancayo have produced an overall stat of 0-4-1 so far. The guesting team now have four uninterrupted draws in a row when involved in away games.

The supporters enjoyed Huancayo's previous game versus Universidad San Martín (placed 18th), a Primera Division 3-1 win played at home. Defender Victor Balta was the best team player with a rating of 8.64. Balta scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Academia Cantolao.

After this away game Huancayo return home for a Primera Division game against Universitario. That game is only three sleeps after this.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Huancayo's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived scoreline featuring both these participants is the Municipal - Sport Huancayo 0-1 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Municipal one win, three draws and Sport Huancayo six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Deportivo MunicipalR. Ovelar Maldonado
R. Ovelar Maldonado
5 goals
Deportivo MunicipalE. Ramírez Manrique
E. Ramírez Manrique
5 goals
MunicipalL. Cardoza Zúñiga
L. Cardoza Zúñiga
3 goals

Deportivo Municipal missing players

Sport Huancayo missing players

Deportivo Municipal Sport Huancayo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 4 Played P 2 8 19
7 3 3 Won W 0 2 4
3 3 1 Drew D 1 4 10
9 4 0 Lost L 1 2 5
21 8 6 Scored S 1 4 16
24 11 2 Conceded C 3 5 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 74%
68% 60% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 38% 53%
42% 20% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 26%
21% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
47% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 37%
21% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 42%
32% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 47%
 
4.6 5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 4.2
4.5 3.8 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.1 4.6
2.7 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.9
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
8.7 9.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.2 10.9
3.6 3.2 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.6 3.5
30% 25% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 19% 24%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Deportivo Municipal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sport Huancayo have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Primera Division

  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 11 8 3 0 18 6 5 4 1 0 11 5 6 4 2 0 7 1 12 27
2 Sporting Cristal 10 6 3 1 26 12 5 2 2 1 12 7 5 4 1 0 14 5 14 21
3 Melgar 11 5 4 2 21 11 6 1 3 2 7 6 5 4 1 0 14 5 10 19
4 Sport Boys 11 5 4 2 13 11 5 1 3 1 5 6 6 4 1 1 8 5 2 19
5 UTC Cajamarca 11 5 3 3 12 12 6 3 1 2 7 9 5 2 2 1 5 3 0 18
6 Deportivo Municipal 11 5 2 4 15 10 5 1 2 2 4 4 6 4 0 2 11 6 5 17
7 Carlos Manucci 11 5 2 4 17 15 6 1 2 3 8 10 5 4 0 1 9 5 2 17
8 Cienciano 11 3 5 3 15 13 5 1 2 2 4 4 6 2 3 1 11 9 2 14
9 Academia Cantolao 11 3 5 3 14 13 5 1 2 2 6 9 6 2 3 1 8 4 1 14
10 Universitario 11 3 5 3 15 15 6 1 2 3 9 12 5 2 3 0 6 3 0 14
11 César Vallejo 11 3 4 4 8 8 6 2 1 3 3 3 5 1 3 1 5 5 0 13
12 Ayacucho 11 3 4 4 13 18 5 2 1 2 6 7 6 1 3 2 7 11 -5 13
13 Alianza Universidad 11 3 4 4 10 16 5 1 2 2 3 7 6 2 2 2 7 9 -6 13
14 Deportivo Binacional 10 3 2 5 15 19 5 2 1 2 7 9 5 1 1 3 8 10 -4 11
15 Sport Huancayo 11 1 7 3 8 11 6 1 3 2 6 8 5 0 4 1 2 3 -3 10
16 Real Garcilaso 11 2 3 6 18 22 6 1 2 3 11 12 5 1 1 3 7 10 -4 9
17 Alianza Atletico 11 2 3 6 14 25 6 2 2 2 9 10 5 0 1 4 5 15 -11 9
18 Universidad San Martín 11 0 3 8 4 19 5 0 1 4 1 9 6 0 2 4 3 10 -15 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.