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.
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.
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 | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 |