Struggling Deportivo Municipal will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sporting Cristal in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Deportivo Municipal and Sporting Cristal 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.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Sporting Cristal's home stadium. The visitors last six games on artifical turf have ended in 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Deportivo Municipal form and stats
Deportivo Municipal's struggle is real here at Estadio Miguel Grau del Callao with only 6 points collected from 7 Primera Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-3. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Municipal, their manager V. Rivera Coronado and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Municipal are returning here after visiting Deportivo Binacional in a Primera Division game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Matías Succar (3) scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Deportivo Municipal lost 0-5 at home to Universitario.
Matías Succar was absolutely essential when Municipal beat Deportivo Binacional 3-1, scoring three goals.
Municipal have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. 10 goals have been conceded.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sporting Cristal playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.
Sporting Cristal failed to get anything from their last game, a Primera Division home match vs Atlético Grau (placed 16th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Before that, Cristal travelled to Carlos Manucci and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.
Sporting Cristal were so close to getting something from the game against Atlético Grau, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.
The Cristal manager R. Mosquera Vera has got the team scoring on the road, with 19 away goals in 8 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Cristal in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Deportivo Municipal wins - draws - Sporting Cristal wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Succar Cañote 11 goals |   E. Herrera 9 goals | W. Corozo Becerra 5 goals |
Deportivo Municipal missing players
Sporting Cristal missing players
| Deportivo Municipal | Sporting Cristal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 14 | 19 | 30 |
| 20 | 10 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 94% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 69% | 57% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 56% |
| 25% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 12% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 56% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 19% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 31% | 57% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 169 | 78 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 102 | 198 |
| 68 | 29 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 45 | 77 |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 42% | 39% |
- Deportivo Municipal has the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Primera Division
- Deportivo Municipal has the most points from losing position (10) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Cristal have scored at least twice as many goals away as Deportivo Municipal have scored 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 | Universitario | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 35 |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Cesar Vallejo | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | UTC Cajamarca | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Sport Huancayo | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Cienciano | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Carlos Manucci | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Ayacucho | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Alianza Universidad | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 10 | Alianza Lima | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Deportivo Binacional | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Melgar | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 13 | Real Garcilaso | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| 14 | Deportivo Municipal | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Academia Cantolao | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | Atlético Grau | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | Universidad San Martin | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 14 |
| 18 | Carlos Stein | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -8 | 13 |
| 19 | Sport Boys | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 11 |
| 20 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 10 |