Melgar supporters expect points in home game versus Universitario

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Date: Fri 31.January
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín (65000 seats)

Melgar and Universitario are ready to show off their new players and skills: It's their first game of the Primera Division season.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Copa Libertadores.

It's quite the trip for Universitario when visiting Melgar as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

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Melgar form and stats

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Melgar matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from four games).

There will be little rest for Melgar after this match as they are travelling to Nacional Potosi for a Copa Sudamericana game in only four days.

Melgar have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 0 victories, 2 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Melgar have scored 2 goals and conceded 2 times.

Last season, Melgar's league statistics were 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Primera Division. Over these 17 matches they scored 29 goals and conceded 22. Playing at home last season Melgar managed 5-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 11 conceded.

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Universitario form and stats

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Universitario when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

Just as the home team, Universitario have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Universitario wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Let's have a look at how Universitario performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 20 and conceded 17 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 4 with 6/10 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Melgar 6 wins, 2 draws and Universitario 2 victories. As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Melgar missing players

Universitario missing players

Melgar Universitario
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Melgar Last season Universitario
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   2 2
13 8   Won W   1 1
8 4   Drew D   0 0
13 5   Lost L   1 1
55 30   Scored S   2 2
47 22   Conceded C   3 3
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
85% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 100%
56% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 50%
29% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 0%
21% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
65% 65%   BTTS BTTS   50% 50%
21% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
15% 12%   Failed to Score F T   50% 50%
 
5.9 7.3   Corners For (avg) C F   1.5 1.5
4 4   Corners Against (avg) C A   6 6
3.1 2.7   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2 2
7 4   Red Cards R C   0 0
 
414 232   Total Shots T S   8 8
148 80   Shots on Target S O   2 2
37% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   100% 100%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Academia Cantolao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alianza Lima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Alianza Universidad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Atletico Grau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ayacucho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Carlos Manucci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Carlos Stein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Cesar Vallejo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Cienciano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Deportivo Binacional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Deportivo Llacuabamba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Deportivo Municipal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Melgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Real Garcilaso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sport Boys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sport Huancayo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sporting Cristal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Universidad San Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Universitario 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 UTC Cajamarca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 17 10 5 2 32 23 8 6 2 0 17 9 9 4 3 2 15 14 9 35
2 Universitario 17 9 6 2 16 10 9 6 3 0 12 5 8 3 3 2 4 5 6 33
3 Sporting Cristal 17 9 4 4 31 20 8 6 1 1 19 6 9 3 3 3 12 14 11 31
4 Deportivo Binacional 17 7 7 3 30 13 8 5 3 0 22 5 9 2 4 3 8 8 17 28
5 Carlos Manucci 17 7 7 3 20 19 9 4 5 0 14 10 8 3 2 3 6 9 1 28
6 Sport Boys 17 7 6 4 23 21 8 4 3 1 14 7 9 3 3 3 9 14 2 27
7 Universidad San Martin 17 6 8 3 21 15 9 3 4 2 15 12 8 3 4 1 6 3 6 26
8 Sport Huancayo 17 7 5 5 24 21 8 3 3 2 9 6 9 4 2 3 15 15 3 26
9 Melgar 17 7 3 7 29 22 9 5 1 3 18 11 8 2 2 4 11 11 7 24
10 Ayacucho 17 6 4 7 17 21 9 5 3 1 12 7 8 1 1 6 5 14 -4 22
11 Real Garcilaso 17 6 3 8 19 16 9 5 1 3 12 3 8 1 2 5 7 13 3 21
12 Alianza Universidad 17 5 4 8 17 26 8 4 1 3 11 10 9 1 3 5 6 16 -9 19
13 Cesar Vallejo 17 4 6 7 15 19 8 2 3 3 9 10 9 2 3 4 6 9 -4 18
14 Academia Cantolao 17 4 4 9 23 30 8 3 0 5 9 10 9 1 4 4 14 20 -7 16
15 Union Comercio 17 5 4 8 21 27 9 4 2 3 14 12 8 1 2 5 7 15 -6 15
16 UTC Cajamarca 17 2 8 7 12 22 9 2 5 2 8 9 8 0 3 5 4 13 -10 14
17 Molinos El Pirata 17 3 4 10 12 30 9 2 3 4 6 11 8 1 1 6 6 19 -18 9
18 Deportivo Municipal 17 3 4 10 20 27 8 2 3 3 9 9 9 1 1 7 11 18 -7 8

Read more about Primera Division

The Peruvian First Division, also known as the Primera Division or the Copa Movistar, is the top level of football in Peru. Seasons run from February to December with 18 teams playing 44 fixtures each to create a final league table. Universitario, Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal are by far the dominant winner of this league since it was founded in 1912.