Sporting Cristal should not ask for any easy points from hosts Deportivo Municipal in this Primera Division match. Here's our thorough match preview!
- Deportivo Municipal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Primera Division
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Sporting Cristal have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 5-2-1 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
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!
Deportivo Municipal form and stats
Deportivo Municipal have collected 5 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 1-2-1.
An away draw last time out for Municipal, facing Carlos Mannucci in a game that ended 1-1. Deportivo Municipal's goalie Melián played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Carlos Mannucci with a stunning six saves. Midfield player García got a match rating of 8.73 in that game, the max score being 10. García hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against Alianza Atletico that was lost 0-1.Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 13 league matches, 10 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
Deportivo Municipal have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Municipal have conceded only 3 goals.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Sporting Cristal delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Cesar Vallejo (placed 5th) in their previous game. Midfield player Távara was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.14/10. Távara hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 57 successful passes (of 67 total).
Prior to that result Cristal won their away game at Universidad San Martin. The scoreline was 2-1.Sporting Cristal are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. Sporting Cristal are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Cristal have avoided a loss in the last 8 games (6-2-0) against Deportivo Municipal.The teams have played each other previously this season, with the final score Sporting Cristal - Municipal 6-4 logged in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ascues Earl 7 goals | R. Ovelar Maldonado 7 goals |   I. Ávila Acero 7 goals |
Deportivo Municipal missing players
Sporting Cristal missing players
| Deportivo Municipal | Sporting Cristal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 49 |
| 45 | 19 | 12 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 28 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 74% | 57% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 69% |
| 48% | 43% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 23% | 46% |
| 33% | 29% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 38% |
| 22% | 14% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 63% | 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 46% | 54% |
| 22% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 38% |
| 19% | 29% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 4.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.3 | 7 |
| 5.1 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.3 | 6.7 | 5.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 12.4 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.8 | 13.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.5 | 5.7 |
| 36% | 25% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | 33% |
| 11.4 | 9.6 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 12.8 | 12.2 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
- Deportivo Municipal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sporting Cristal have the most points (10) away in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Grau | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Melgar | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Alianza Lima | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Cesar Vallejo | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Alianza Atletico | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Cienciano | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Universitario | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | Deportivo Binacional | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | Sport Boys | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | ADT | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Deportivo Municipal | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Sport Huancayo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | Academia Cantolao | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | UTC Cajamarca | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 7 |
| 16 | Carlos Mannucci | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 5 |
| 17 | Carlos Stein | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | Universidad San Martin | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 4 |
| 19 | Ayacucho | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 3 |
