It's game two of the Primera Division season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Melgar-César Vallejo!
- César Vallejo have not yet lost a game away.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's quite the trip for César Vallejo when visiting Melgar as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
Melgar form and stats
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.
The Melgar goalkeeper Carlos Alberto Caceda Oyaguez is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 192 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera Division.
Melgar are returning here after visiting Sport Huancayo in a Primera Division game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Bernardo Cuesta, Luis Iberico and Mariano Vázquez scored the goal(s). The goalie Carlos Cáceda was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.15 out of ten. Cáceda stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Metropolitanos that ended 0-0.César Vallejo form and stats
Let's have a look at how César Vallejo performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 9 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 16 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 1 with 15/10 goals scored/conceded.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. César Vallejo goalkeeper Carlos Alfonso Grados Heredia is eager to challenge this, with his 183 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Vallejo go into this game after a win, the home game against Real Garcilaso that ended 1-0. Leandro Fleitas, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.8. Fleitas won 8 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Deportivo Binacional at their stadium, the result 2-1.Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Melgar won five, César Vallejo won three and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Mena Palacios 7 goals |   J. Vidales Lature 4 goals | L. Iberico Robalino 4 goals |
Melgar missing players
César Vallejo missing players
| Melgar | César Vallejo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 89% |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 56% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 44% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 44% |
| 44% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 22% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 6.3 | 5.4 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.1 | 9.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 36% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 46% | 34% |
- César Vallejo have not yet lost a game away.
- César Vallejo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- César Vallejo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cienciano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Melgar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Carlos Manucci | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | César Vallejo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Alianza Atlético | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Universitario | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Alianza Universidad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Deportivo Binacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Deportivo Municipal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | UTC Cajamarca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Real Garcilaso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Academia Cantolao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Universidad San Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Ayacucho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Sport Boys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Sport Huancayo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |