The Primera Division season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Melgar and Universidad San Martín promises to be an interesting one.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Copa Sudamericana match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Metropolitanos.
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
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Melgar's two home games in the Primera Division so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estadio Miguel Grau del Callao.
Melgar are returning here after visiting Metropolitanos in a Copa Sudamericana game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. B. Cuesta, L. Iberico and J. Vidales scored the goal(s). A Primera Division defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at UTC Cajamarca.
The game against Metropolitanos had lots of late drama as Melgar came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured the victory through J. Vidales's goal in the 88th minute. The victory against Metropolitanos came after J. Vidales's winning goal. The Melgar manager N. Lorenzo was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 79th minute.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Melgar's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won two matches, drawn two and lost zero.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Aucas are coming to town in four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Melgar at home in the league. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Universidad San Martín form and stats
The Primera Division season is young and Universidad San Martín have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Universidad failed to get anything from their last game, a Primera Division home match vs Universitario (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Ayacucho.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Universidad when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing three and winning zero games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Academia Cantolao in just three days.
Universidad San Martín have the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Melgar-Universidad San Martín H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Melgar six wins, Universidad San Martín one win, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Vidales Lature 2 goals |  L. Iberico Robalino 2 goals |  C. Monges Avalos 2 goals |
Melgar missing players
Universidad San Martín missing players
| Melgar | Universidad San Martín | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 33% | 50% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| Melgar | Last season | Universidad San Martín | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Scored | S | 19 | 32 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Conceded | C | 18 | 37 | ||
| 89% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 75% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 79% | ||
| 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 43% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 18% | ||
| 14% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 7% | ||
| 46% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 54% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 21% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11.9 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 24% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cienciano | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Carlos Manucci | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Melgar | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Ayacucho | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | UTC Cajamarca | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Universitario | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Universidad San Martín | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Academia Cantolao | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 9 | Alianza Atletico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |