The Melgar & Sporting Cristal head coaches N. Lorenzo and R. Mosquera Vera are both afraid of and feeling excited about this crucial game in the top regions of the Primera Division league table.
- Melgar have the most scored goals (19) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
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.
Melgar form and stats
The Primera Division statistics at home this season for Melgar are 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Melgar, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Carlos Manucci away with the result 2-1. Luis Iberico and Kevin Quevedo found the net in that victory. Midfielder Alexis Arias was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.55 (out of ten) in that game. Arias served one assist, hit four key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 58 total). The victory against Carlos Manucci came after Kevin Quevedo's winning goal. The Melgar manager N. Lorenzo was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute.
Before that game, the home loss against UTC Cajamarca with the scoreline 0-1.A decent goal production from Melgar in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. 4 goals have been conceded.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
The seven points Sporting Cristal have gathered from their first three away trips in the Primera Division is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Cristal had fun at their own home (Estadio Miguel Grau del Callao) last time out, beating Real Garcilaso 4-1. Irven Avila, Carlos Liza, Gianfranco Chávez and Christofer Gonzáles scored. Attacker Christofer Gonzáles got a player rating of 9.94 in the game. "Man of the match" Gonzáles scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit six key passes and had 49 successful passes (of 57 total).
It was a Copa Sudamericana defeat before that one as the away game against Penarol wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Cristal have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 7 goals from 3 away matches. As opposed to that, Cristal have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Melgar five wins, two draws and Sporting Cristal three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Vidales Lature 7 goals |  L. Iberico Robalino 7 goals |   A. Hohberg González 7 goals |
Melgar missing players
Sporting Cristal missing players
| Melgar | Sporting Cristal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 16 | 32 |
| 20 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 94% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 87% |
| 69% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 86% | 67% |
| 31% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 56% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 53% |
| 31% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 19% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 5.6 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 6.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.8 | 11.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 12 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 40% | 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 53% | 43% |
- All of Sporting Cristal's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Melgar have the most scored goals (19) in Primera Division
- Melgar have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Primera Division
- Melgar have the the best goal difference (+10) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Cristal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting Cristal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sporting Cristal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sporting Cristal haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Carlos Manucci | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Melgar | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Cienciano | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Ayacucho | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 6 | Sporting Cristal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Cesar Vallejo | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Sport Boys | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Alianza Universidad | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Universitario | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | UTC Cajamarca | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Academia Cantolao | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Deportivo Municipal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Deportivo Binacional | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Real Garcilaso | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Alianza Atletico | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 17 | Sport Huancayo | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Universidad San Martin | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 1 |