Primera Division match preview and statistics: Deportivo Municipal fight Sporting Cristal

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Date: Sun 15.September
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno (13773 seats)

Deportivo Municipal and Sporting Cristal are both riding high in the Primera Division with their 4th and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Sporting Cristal's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Sporting Cristal have performed like this: Played four matches resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats with the goal stats 6-6 (scored/conceded). This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Deportivo Municipal form and stats

Deportivo Municipal are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno. 5 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games. The Deportivo Municipal fans aren't used to losing here at Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno and will expect new points from this game. Deportivo Municipal has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Deportivo Municipal lost their last game at Sport Boys after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that, Deportivo Municipal drew at home versus Alianza Lima.

A decent goal production from Deportivo Municipal in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. Deportivo Municipal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.

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Sporting Cristal form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Primera Division, on their Primera Division travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

There were no winners in Sporting Cristal's previous match, a Primera Division home game that ended 1-1 vs Academia Cantolao. Prior to that result Sporting Cristal won their away game at César Vallejo. The scoreline was 3-2.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sporting Cristal as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sporting Cristal - Deportivo Municipal 2-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Deportivo Municipal, 2 draws and 5 wins for Sporting Cristal. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.

Top Goalscorers

C. Palacios
8 goals / 1 assists
J. Bogado
6 goals / 2 assists
P. Larrauri
6 goals

Deportivo Municipal missing players

Sporting Cristal missing players

Deportivo Municipal Sporting Cristal
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
23 12 4 Played 3 11 23
8 6 1 Won 1 3 12
9 6 3 Drew 1 4 6
6 0 0 Lost 1 4 5
35 20 5 Scored 5 12 41
31 9 4 Conceded 5 12 22
91% 92% 100% Over 0.5 100% 82% 91%
78% 67% 75% Over 1.5 100% 82% 83%
61% 42% 25% Over 2.5 67% 36% 48%
35% 33% 25% Over 3.5 33% 9% 30%
13% 8% 0% Over 4.5 33% 9% 17%
57% 58% 75% BTTS 100% 45% 52%
30% 42% 25% Clean Sheets 0% 36% 39%
22% 8% 0% Failed To Score 0% 36% 17%
 
5 5.2 5 Corners For (avg) 3.7 5.7 5.9
4.5 4.1 3.8 Corners Against (avg) 4.3 3.7 3.6
3.1 3.1 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 4.7 2.5 2.3
2 2 0 Red Cards 0 2 4
Key stats this season:
  • Deportivo Municipal have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Deportivo Municipal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Deportivo Municipal
All Primera Division Club Friendlies Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
21-07-19 PD Alianza Universidad 2 - 1 Deportivo Municipal
18-08-19 PD Deportivo Municipal 1 - 1 Deportivo Binacional
24-08-19 PD Sport Huancayo 4 - 2 Deportivo Municipal
01-09-19 PD Deportivo Municipal 2 - 2 Alianza Lima
08-09-19 PD Sport Boys 2 - 1 Deportivo Municipal
15-09-19 PD Deportivo Municipal 21:00 Sporting Cristal
21-09-19 PD César Vallejo 01:00 Deportivo Municipal
29-09-19 PD Deportivo Municipal - Academia Cantolao
06-10-19 PD Unión Comercio - Deportivo Municipal
13-10-19 PD Ayacucho - Deportivo Municipal
Sporting Cristal
All Copa Libertadores Primera Division Club Friendlies Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
30-07-19 CS Sporting Cristal 3 - 2 Zulia
18-08-19 PD Sporting Cristal 4 - 2 Sport Boys
25-08-19 PD Unión Comercio 2 - 1 Sporting Cristal
31-08-19 PD César Vallejo 2 - 3 Sporting Cristal
08-09-19 PD Sporting Cristal 1 - 1 Academia Cantolao
15-09-19 PD Deportivo Municipal 21:00 Sporting Cristal
22-09-19 PD Sporting Cristal 16:15 Ayacucho
29-09-19 PD UTC Cajamarca - Sporting Cristal
06-10-19 PD Sporting Cristal - Real Garcilaso
13-10-19 PD Universitario - Sporting Cristal

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Deportivo Binacional 17 12 0 5 44 23 9 8 0 1 27 8 8 4 0 4 17 15 21 36
2 Sporting Cristal 17 9 5 3 28 13 9 7 1 1 21 7 8 2 4 2 7 6 15 32
3 César Vallejo 17 9 2 6 25 21 9 7 2 0 15 5 8 2 0 6 10 16 4 29
4 Deportivo Municipal 17 7 7 3 27 20 9 5 4 0 16 6 8 2 3 3 11 14 7 28
5 Alianza Lima 17 7 5 5 30 24 9 5 3 1 19 12 8 2 2 4 11 12 6 26
6 Real Garcilaso 17 7 5 5 19 15 8 4 3 1 11 6 9 3 2 4 8 9 4 26
7 Ayacucho 17 7 4 6 26 23 8 5 2 1 15 5 9 2 2 5 11 18 3 25
8 UTC Cajamarca 17 6 7 4 26 24 8 5 3 0 17 7 9 1 4 4 9 17 2 25
9 Academia Cantolao 17 6 7 4 18 17 9 3 3 3 10 13 8 3 4 1 8 4 1 25
10 Sport Huancayo 17 6 6 5 22 23 9 4 1 4 10 13 8 2 5 1 12 10 -1 24
11 Melgar 17 6 5 6 26 25 8 3 3 2 12 11 9 3 2 4 14 14 1 23
12 Universitario 17 6 5 6 25 27 8 4 2 2 14 12 9 2 3 4 11 15 -2 23
13 Alianza Universidad 17 5 7 5 18 18 9 4 4 1 13 8 8 1 3 4 5 10 0 22
14 Carlos Manucci 17 4 4 9 22 27 8 3 2 3 16 15 9 1 2 6 6 12 -5 16
15 Unión Comercio 17 3 6 8 15 21 8 2 3 3 8 6 9 1 3 5 7 15 -6 15
16 Universidad San Martín 17 3 6 8 13 32 8 3 4 1 10 8 9 0 2 7 3 24 -19 15
17 Molinos El Pirata 17 3 5 9 17 29 8 3 3 2 10 7 9 0 2 7 7 22 -12 14
18 Sport Boys 17 2 4 11 9 28 9 2 2 5 6 11 8 0 2 6 3 17 -19 10

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