Melgar fights Academia Cantolao in Primera Division battle

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sat 27.March
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alejandro Villanueva (34000 seats)

Another interesting game in the Primera Division. Melgar is in the 5th position after playing one matches. They welcome Academia Cantolao who are placed 4th after two games.

Melgar and Academia Cantolao 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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Melgar form and stats

A good away victory last time out for Melgar, who won 2-1 against Carlos Manucci (placed 1st). Preceding that game was the away draw at Universitario that finished 1-1.

Last season, Melgar's league statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Primera Division. Over these 19 matches they scored 23 goals and conceded 20. Playing at home last season Melgar managed 4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 7 conceded.

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Academia Cantolao form and stats

As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Academia Cantolao have produced an overall stat of 0-0-1 so far.

Academia won their last game, 3-1 versus Universitario played at home. A 0-2 defeat away at Carlos Manucci before that.

Academia Cantolao have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Melgar, four draws and one win for Academia Cantolao. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Academia CantolaoJ. Sánchez Flores
J. Sánchez Flores
1 goals
Academia CantolaoW. Palacio González
W. Palacio González
1 goals
Academia CantolaoH. Leyes Viera
H. Leyes Viera
1 goals

Melgar missing players

Academia Cantolao missing players

Melgar Academia Cantolao
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 7.5
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 4
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 38%
Melgar Last season Academia Cantolao
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
11 7   Won W   3 7
8 3   Drew D   3 7
9 4   Lost L   8 14
41 21   Scored S   17 32
34 16   Conceded C   26 48
89% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
75% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 79%
46% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 54%
36% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 32%
14% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 14%
46% 36%   BTTS BTTS   79% 64%
36% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 21%
29% 29%   Failed to Score F T   14% 21%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.8 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.7
11 4   Red cards R C   5 12
 
11.9 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 9.3
4.2 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.4
34% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Carlos Manucci 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
2 Universidad San Martín 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Cienciano 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Academia Cantolao 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
5 Melgar 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 UTC Cajamarca 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
7 Universitario 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
9 Alianza Atlético 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

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.