Primera Division match prediction and preview for Real Garcilaso vs Melgar clash

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Fri 23.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alejandro Villanueva (34000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Real Garcilaso languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Melgar will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Real Garcilaso have less rest than Melgar in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Primera Division game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Universitario.

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Real Garcilaso form and stats

Overall Primera Division stats at home this season for Real Garcilaso are 3-3-3 (wins-draw-losses).

The fans are hoping that Garcilaso will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Primera Division game against Universitario. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Deportivo Municipal that ended 1-1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Real Garcilaso as they are travelling to their away game against Carlos Manucci in the Primera Division. That match is one day after this one.

Garcilaso are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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Melgar form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Melgar playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.

Two travels in a row for Melgar, whose manager M. Valencia Pacheco could celebrate last time after the Primera Division win against Deportivo Municipal. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Atletico Grau.

Melgar have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. 13 goals have been conceded by Melgar in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Garcilaso - Melgar 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Garcilaso five wins, three draws and Melgar two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GarcilasoD. Carando
D. Carando
10 goals
MelgarO. Arce Jaramillo
O. Arce Jaramillo
9 goals
MelgarJ. Sánchez Alegria
J. Sánchez Alegria
5 goals

Real Garcilaso missing players

Melgar missing players

Real Garcilaso Melgar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 10 19
5 3 0 Won W 1 3 7
6 3 1 Drew D 1 4 7
8 3 2 Lost L 1 3 5
26 13 3 Scored S 3 13 23
31 15 6 Conceded C 3 13 20
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 68%
58% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 37%
37% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 21%
21% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
74% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 70% 53%
11% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 37%
21% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.6
2 2 0 Red cards R C 4 5 7
 
280 141 54 Total Shots T S 28 113 234
104 54 21 Shots on Target S O 11 38 75
25% 24% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 34% 31%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • All of Real Garcilaso's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Melgar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Garcilaso haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Universitario 19 13 4 2 38 18 9 7 1 1 16 8 10 6 3 1 22 10 20 42
2 Sport Huancayo 19 10 5 4 23 15 9 6 2 1 14 8 10 4 3 3 9 7 8 35
3 Sporting Cristal 19 9 6 4 38 23 9 5 2 2 12 8 10 4 4 2 26 15 15 33
4 Cesar Vallejo 19 8 9 2 25 16 9 4 4 1 10 6 10 4 5 1 15 10 9 33
5 Carlos Manucci 19 7 8 4 28 22 10 1 5 4 9 14 9 6 3 0 19 8 6 29
6 UTC Cajamarca 19 7 8 4 24 20 9 5 2 2 17 13 10 2 6 2 7 7 4 29
7 Alianza Universidad 19 8 5 6 21 17 10 4 3 3 8 5 9 4 2 3 13 12 4 29
8 Melgar 19 7 7 5 23 20 9 4 3 2 10 7 10 3 4 3 13 13 3 28
9 Ayacucho 19 7 6 6 28 21 10 4 4 2 14 9 9 3 2 4 14 12 7 27
10 Cienciano 19 8 3 8 27 23 10 5 2 3 19 12 9 3 1 5 8 11 4 27
11 Deportivo Binacional 19 6 5 8 24 29 9 3 1 5 14 19 10 3 4 3 10 10 -5 23
12 Alianza Lima 19 5 7 7 19 20 10 4 3 3 11 8 9 1 4 4 8 12 -1 22
13 Academia Cantolao 19 6 4 9 21 33 10 3 2 5 10 18 9 3 2 4 11 15 -12 22
14 Deportivo Municipal 19 4 9 6 20 24 9 1 4 4 7 13 10 3 5 2 13 11 -4 21
15 Real Garcilaso 19 5 6 8 26 31 9 3 3 3 13 15 10 2 3 5 13 16 -5 21
16 Universidad San Martin 19 5 6 8 20 27 10 2 4 4 11 12 9 3 2 4 9 15 -7 21
17 Sport Boys 19 5 5 9 24 33 10 3 3 4 15 18 9 2 2 5 9 15 -9 19
18 Carlos Stein 19 4 6 9 18 28 10 0 4 6 10 20 9 4 2 3 8 8 -10 17
19 Atletico Grau 19 3 8 8 17 27 9 1 7 1 12 12 10 2 1 7 5 15 -10 17
20 Deportivo Llacuabamba 19 2 5 12 25 42 10 2 2 6 13 19 9 0 3 6 12 23 -17 11

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.