Sport Boys vs Universitario: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sun 11.September
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Miguel Grau del Callao (11600 seats)

Sport Boys will want to use their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The hosts are currently 3 points behind Universitario.

Insights:
  • Sport Boys have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Primera Division

Sport Boys and Universitario 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.

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Sport Boys form and stats

The story so far in the Primera Division for Sport Boys at their home stadium (Estadio Miguel Grau del Callao) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sport Boys after consecutive victories at their own ground.

An away draw last time out for Boys, facing Ayacucho in a game that ended 1-1. Sport Boys's goalie Álvarez played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Ayacucho with a stunning six saves. Defender Florez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.05/10. Florez won 7 of 10 duels.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against ADT.

Lots of goals and action? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league matches with this team has contained three or more goals.

Sport Boys are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Miguel Grau del Callao in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Universitario form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Two trips in a row for Universitario, whose coach Compagnucci could celebrate last time after the win against Alianza Lima. Carvallo was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.92. The agile goalkeeper Carvallo topped it up with a clean sheet.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Ayacucho.

A tale of few goals? 13 of this team's last 15 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.

Universitario find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Universitario are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Sport Boys have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (0-4-0) when playing Universitario.

Universitario - Boys 1-1 was the end result in these teams' last h2h game, earlier this season. The matches between these teams have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Sport BoysM. Guevgeozián Crespo
M. Guevgeozián Crespo
7 goals
Sport BoysJ. Alarcón Paquiyauri
J. Alarcón Paquiyauri
5 goals
Sport BoysA. Blanco
A. Blanco
5 goals

Sport Boys missing players

Universitario missing players

Sport Boys Universitario
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
9 7 2 Won W 0 5 13
5 1 1 Drew D 1 2 6
14 6 1 Lost L 3 7 9
33 20 4 Scored S 1 15 38
48 19 3 Conceded C 5 13 25
96% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
86% 79% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 75%
68% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 39%
25% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 11%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
64% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 29% 43%
18% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 36%
21% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 75% 43% 25%
 
4.1 4.1 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.1 5.3
6.1 5.8 7.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.9 4.5
2.9 2.9 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.1 2.5
8 4 1 Red cards R C 0 4 6
 
11.7 13.1 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.4 11.6
3.9 4.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 4.9
31% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 29% 28%
 
12.9 12.6 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15 11.4 10.4
5.1 4.9 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 5.5 4.2
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Sport Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sport Boys have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Primera Division
  • Sport Boys have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Primera Division

  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 9 6 3 0 17 8 4 2 2 0 7 5 5 4 1 0 10 3 9 21
2 Atlético Grau 10 6 3 1 17 10 5 4 0 1 10 5 5 2 3 0 7 5 7 21
3 Melgar 7 6 0 1 10 3 5 4 0 1 7 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 7 18
4 Cienciano 10 5 3 2 11 6 5 3 2 0 8 3 5 2 1 2 3 3 5 18
5 Universitario 10 5 2 3 14 6 5 3 1 1 7 3 5 2 1 2 7 3 8 17
6 Alianza Lima 8 5 2 1 9 5 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 2 2 0 4 2 4 17
7 Cesar Vallejo 9 5 1 3 11 10 4 3 0 1 8 4 5 2 1 2 3 6 1 16
8 Alianza Atletico 8 5 0 3 11 6 4 4 0 0 9 2 4 1 0 3 2 4 5 15
9 Sport Boys 10 4 2 4 16 16 5 4 0 1 10 4 5 0 2 3 6 12 0 14
10 Deportivo Binacional 9 4 1 4 15 9 4 4 0 0 13 1 5 0 1 4 2 8 6 13
11 Sport Huancayo 9 3 3 3 15 9 5 2 3 0 11 3 4 1 0 3 4 6 6 12
12 ADT 10 3 3 4 10 11 5 2 2 1 4 3 5 1 1 3 6 8 -1 12
13 Deportivo Municipal 10 2 4 4 7 12 5 1 2 2 3 6 5 1 2 2 4 6 -5 10
14 Academia Cantolao 9 1 5 3 8 12 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 0 3 2 4 8 -4 8
15 UTC Cajamarca 9 2 2 5 6 16 4 2 1 1 5 5 5 0 1 4 1 11 -10 8
16 Carlos Manucci 8 1 2 5 5 15 5 1 2 2 4 5 3 0 0 3 1 10 -10 5
17 Carlos Stein 8 1 1 6 8 15 4 1 1 2 5 7 4 0 0 4 3 8 -7 4
18 Ayacucho 10 0 4 6 11 19 5 0 2 3 3 6 5 0 2 3 8 13 -8 4
19 Universidad San Martin 9 1 1 7 8 21 4 1 1 2 5 9 5 0 0 5 3 12 -13 4

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.