Sport Boys will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s adversaries. The home team are currently 11 points behind Sporting Cristal.
- Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (27) in Primera Division
Sport Boys and Sporting Cristal should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sport Boys form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno as Sport Boys have scored 13 goals to get 18 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Primera Division are 6-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Sport Boys has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Sport Boys are confident in defense, having played 185 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Boys shared the glory with Carlos Manucci in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The goalie Álvarez was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.61 out of ten. Álvarez topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Alianza Atletico.One fact: This side have played 5 league games in a row with only one (or none) side scoring.
There will be little rest for Sport Boys after this match as they are travelling to Melgar for a Primera Division game in only four days.
The Sport Boys fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. Boys are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses in the Primera Division.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sporting Cristal goalkeeper Alejandro Cristoph Duarte Preuss is eager to challenge this, with his 202 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Cristal's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Universitario that finished 0-0. Midfield player Calcaterra was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Calcaterra hit one key pass and had 39 successful passes (of 44 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Ayacucho at their stadium, the result 1-0.Sporting Cristal are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. Cristal are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Cristal have put together a streak of 18 consecutive matches without losing (13-5-0) when playing Sport Boys.The dueling parties have played earlier this season: Sporting Cristal - Sport Boys 3-0.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Ávila Acero 10 goals |  A. Hohberg González 9 goals |   M. Guevgeozián Crespo 7 goals |
Sport Boys missing players
Sporting Cristal missing players
| Sport Boys | Sporting Cristal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 11 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | 23 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 22 | 62 |
| 52 | 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 32 |
| 94% | 94% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 79% | 71% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 69% |
| 61% | 59% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 47% |
| 21% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 38% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 55% | 53% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | 53% |
| 24% | 35% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 41% |
| 27% | 18% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | 16% |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| 6.1 | 5.7 | 7.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.5 | 12.9 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12.1 | 12.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.8 |
| 28% | 29% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | 34% |
| 12.6 | 12.5 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.8 | 13.1 | 12 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4 |
- Sporting Cristal have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have the most points (17) away in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (12) away in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (27) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have the the best goal difference (+15) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Melgar | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Universitario | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Atletico Grau | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | César Vallejo | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 6 | Alianza Lima | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| 7 | UTC Cajamarca | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Sport Huancayo | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 9 | Sport Boys | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Alianza Atletico | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Cienciano | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Deportivo Binacional | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 17 |
| 13 | ADT | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Academia Cantolao | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | Carlos Manucci | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | Deportivo Municipal | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 10 |
| 17 | Ayacucho | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | Carlos Stein | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -14 | 6 |
| 19 | Universidad San Martin | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -25 | 5 |
