Melgar greet Universidad San Martín with hopes of taking all three points. Can they? Open our match guide!
- Melgar have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the fewest scored goals (5) in Primera Division
This promises to be an engaging match with lots of action and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Universidad San Martín, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Melgar form and stats
2-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Melgar so far this season.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ricardo Daniel Farro Caballero not having conceded a league goal in 204 minutes.
A strong away win for Melgar against Academia Cantolao the last match, as Luis Iberico and Cristian Bordacahar were on target. Midfield player Alexis Arias got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Arias hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 34 total).
Before that, Melgar had a home game versus Sport Boys which ended with a victory 1-0.Melgar are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Melgar are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Monumental in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Universidad San Martín form and stats
There's been little loot from Universidad San Martín's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 7 away games in the Primera Division. Universidad San Martín only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. Universidad are desperate to end a 15-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Cienciano fixture.
Universidad San Martín delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Real Garcilaso (placed 15th) in their previous match; a Primera Division game. Defender Saúl Salas was the best team player with a rating of 7.85. Salas won 11 of 13 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Deportivo Binacional wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Universidad are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 7 away games. As for defending, Universidad San Martín rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Melgar - Universidad San Martín 0-2 was the score in these contenders' latest head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Melgar victories, three draws and two Universidad San Martín wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Iberico Robalino 9 goals |  J. Vidales Lature 7 goals | B. Cuesta 6 goals |
Melgar missing players
Universidad San Martín missing players
| Melgar | Universidad San Martín | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 34 | 15 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 23 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 30 |
| 95% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 70% |
| 50% | 42% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 15% | 13% |
| 23% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 9% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 31% | 30% |
| 36% | 42% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 23% | 17% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 46% | 52% |
| 6 | 6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 11.3 | 10.5 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 35% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 26% | 22% |
- Melgar have scored more than double the goals of Universidad San Martín.
- Melgar have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Universidad San Martín have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Universidad San Martín have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the fewest points (2) away in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the fewest scored goals (5) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the most matches under the total-line (20) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín 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 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Melgar | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Sport Boys | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | Universitario | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 23 |
| 6 | Cienciano | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Carlos Manucci | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Deportivo Binacional | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | Cesar Vallejo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Ayacucho | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | UTC Cajamarca | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | Deportivo Municipal | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Academia Cantolao | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Sport Huancayo | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Real Garcilaso | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Alianza Universidad | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 17 | Alianza Atletico | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -14 | 12 |
| 18 | Universidad San Martín | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -17 | 4 |