Melgar have been better than Sport Boys so far, but every match opens at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you need prior to kickoff:
- Melgar have the most clean sheets (18) in Primera Division
- Sport Boys have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sport Boys have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Melgar form and stats
7-0-1 is the performance here at Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín so far in the Primera Division, giving Melgar a total of 21 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results! Melgar has won so many consecutive home games (seven in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín. We remember; it was Sporting Cristal.
An away draw last time out for Melgar, facing Universitario in a game that ended 1-1. Defender Deneumostier got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.31/10. Deneumostier won 8 of 10 duels.
Before that, Melgar had a home game versus Ayacucho which ended with a victory 3-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Melgar as they are travelling to their away game against Atletico Grau in the Primera Division. That match is four days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 8 games), Melgar's attacking play is working. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Melgar have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sport Boys form and stats
There's been little loot from Sport Boys's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 7 away games in the Primera Division. Sport Boys only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Home advantage was not enough for Sport Boys in their previous game as they lost hosting Sporting Cristal, 3-5. A loony game with lots of goals last time out for Boys, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that fun game, will this match be as exciting? The attacker Roca got a match rating of 8.03 in that game. Roca scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Carlos Manucci that ended 0-0.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sport Boys as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. The Sport Boys manager Alayo has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Sport Boys - Melgar 0-1 was the story when this pair of contenders previously met, some time ago this season. Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Melgar won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Sport Boys got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Cuesta 12 goals | M. Pérez Guedes 9 goals | L. Iberico Robalino 9 goals |
Melgar missing players
Sport Boys missing players
| Melgar | Sport Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| 22 | 15 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 50 | 31 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 39 |
| 26 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 11 | 32 | 57 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 79% |
| 39% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 62% | 62% |
| 21% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 25% | 24% |
| 6% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 15% |
| 33% | 25% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | 56% |
| 55% | 69% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 15% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 38% | 26% |
| 7 | 6.9 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 3.7 | 2.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 14.5 | 17.4 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 10 | 11.6 |
| 5.8 | 6.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4 |
| 26% | 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 28% | 29% |
| 8.8 | 8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.7 | 12.6 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
- Melgar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melgar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Melgar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sport Boys have scored away.
- Melgar have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Primera Division
- Melgar have the most clean sheets (18) 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.
- Sport Boys have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sport Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 35 |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| 3 | Atletico Grau | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | César Vallejo | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Melgar | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 |
| 6 | Universitario | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 7 | Sport Huancayo | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| 8 | Alianza Atletico | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | UTC Cajamarca | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | Sport Boys | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Deportivo Binacional | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 12 | ADT | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | Cienciano | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Academia Cantolao | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Deportivo Municipal | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
| 16 | Carlos Manucci | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -14 | 12 |
| 17 | Ayacucho | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | Carlos Stein | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -17 | 6 |
| 19 | Universidad San Martín | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 25 | -28 | 5 |
