A victory to the home team is expected from this game if the league standings is to be believed. The Melgar supporters are hoping that the mismatch between 3rd and Deportivo Municipal's 14th spot in the table will be visible on the ground.
- Melgar have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Municipal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This arena uses grass, unlike Deportivo Municipal's home stadium. The latest 27 games by the guests on grass have produced 12 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses.
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.
The hosts Melgar saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Copa Sudamericana. This match was also played here at Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Deportivo Municipal have had more rest.
Melgar form and stats
4-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Melgar so far this season.
The Melgar followers got no joy from their last game, a Copa Sudamericana duel also played here at Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín: A 0-3 defeat against Independiente del Valle.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Independiente del Valle in the Copa Sudamericana.
It should be noted that a glance at the 15 latest league fixtures shows that 13 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Melgar has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Melgar have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Deportivo Municipal form and stats
The visitors are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division.
Deportivo Municipal's previous game was their home loss versus Sporting Cristal (0-3). García got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, top player of the team. García hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).
Before that, Deportivo Municipal travelled to Carlos Manucci and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.The attacking power of Deportivo Municipal when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. 6 goals have been conceded by Municipal in these games. Deportivo Municipal has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Melgar have been victorious in every one of the 4 latest matches versus this opponent. Can they do it again?Deportivo Municipal - Melgar 1-3 was the score in these contenders' last H2H game, earlier this season. The games between these clubs have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Cuesta 10 goals |  A. Ascues Earl 7 goals | R. Ovelar Maldonado 7 goals |
Melgar missing players
Deportivo Municipal missing players
| Melgar | Deportivo Municipal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 19 | 12 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 33 | 20 | 10 | Scored | S | 8 | 23 | 37 |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | 48 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 44% | 38% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 92% | 75% |
| 32% | 31% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 54% | 50% |
| 16% | 8% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 32% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 31% | 21% |
| 20% | 15% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 77% | 61% |
| 68% | 77% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 15% | 21% |
| 16% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 21% |
| 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 15.7 | 17.9 | 21.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8.5 | 10.5 |
| 6 | 7.2 | 9.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 22% | 22% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 50% | 35% |
| 8.2 | 7.2 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 13.5 | 11.3 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
- Deportivo Municipal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Deportivo Municipal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Deportivo Municipal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Melgar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Melgar have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Primera Division
- Melgar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Primera Division
- Melgar have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Primera Division
- Melgar have the most clean sheets (17) in Primera Division
- Melgar have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Melgar haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Melgar is in the best form (5-0-1) in Primera Division
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | Atletico Grau | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Melgar | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Cienciano | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Universitario | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | Alianza Lima | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Deportivo Binacional | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | Cesar Vallejo | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Alianza Atletico | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Sport Boys | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Sport Huancayo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 12 | ADT | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | UTC Cajamarca | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Deportivo Municipal | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Academia Cantolao | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 16 | Carlos Manucci | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 5 |
| 17 | Ayacucho | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 4 |
| 18 | Carlos Stein | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 4 |
| 19 | Universidad San Martin | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 4 |
