This game features two squads living in the lower parts of the Primera Division, Melgar holding 17th spot and Cienciano lying 13th. A nice opportunity for one of the teams to better their position.
- Melgar have the fewest scored goals (2) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This promises to be an intriguing game with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Melgar form and stats
0-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Melgar so far this season. Melgar are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.
The home team returns to Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín after drawing with Sport Huancayo (placed 7th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. D´Arrigo, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the top performer for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 7.45 (out of 10). D´Arrigo hit one key pass and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
A 1-1 scoreline against Olimpia before that, played at home in the Copa Libertadores.
Sports betting people who prefer gambling for low-scoring games might like to know that this team have played 7 league rounds in a row with two or less goals (under 2.5).
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Melgar at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Cienciano form and stats
Playing away, Cienciano have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the Primera Division this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on de Jesús, the Cienciano manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Cienciano had fun at their own home (Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín) last time out, beating Carlos Manucci 1-0. Beltran scored. Beltran was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.05. The defender Beltran scored one goal and won 3 of 4 duels.
Prior to that match, the Cienciano manager de Jesús faced defeat when travelling to Alianza Lima and losing 0-2.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cienciano as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Melgar have won at least one point in the last 6 fixtures (4-2-0) facing Cienciano.Top Goalscorers
  C. Garcés Acosta 4 goals |  C. Beltrán Neroni 2 goals | J. Romagnoli 2 goals |
Melgar missing players
Cienciano missing players
| Melgar | Cienciano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 43% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 43% |
| 3.9 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 4.7 | 1.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.5 | 10 |
| 3.4 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13.5 | 11.1 |
| 3.6 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 3.7 |
- All of Melgar's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cienciano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cienciano have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cienciano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cienciano have scored more than double the goals of Melgar.
- Cienciano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melgar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Melgar have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Primera Division
- Melgar have the fewest scored goals (2) in Primera Division
- Melgar have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Melgar have yet to win a game.
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | Universitario | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Real Garcilaso | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Deportivo Garcilaso | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | Alianza Atletico | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Sport Huancayo | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Carlos Manucci | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Deportivo Municipal | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Cesar Vallejo | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | ADT | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | UTC Cajamarca | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 13 | Cienciano | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 14 | Atletico Grau | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 15 | Union Comercio | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -4 | 10 |
| 16 | Sport Boys | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -8 | 7 |
| 17 | Melgar | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | Academia Cantolao | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | -13 | 3 |
| 19 | Deportivo Binacional | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 2 |
