Sport Huancayo vs Alianza Lima: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sun 05.June
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Huancayo (20000 seats)

A very important fixture as both participants are challenging for the top league positions. With Sport Huancayo in 2nd position and Alianza Lima placed 3rd, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling fight. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Sport Huancayo have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Alianza Lima have the the best goal difference (+13) in Primera Division

Sport Huancayo and Alianza Lima 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 Huancayo form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Huancayo as Sport Huancayo have scored 14 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Primera Division are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for Sport Huancayo last time playing, versus Alianza Atletico. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with Lliuya, Benites and Morales scoring for the victors. Ross, a forward, was the highest rated player for the side in that game, earning a rating of 8.14 (out of 10). Ross signed up for two assists, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 45 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Deportivo Binacional (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Sport Huancayo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sport Huancayo as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Sport Huancayo has won 3 of these, drawn 6 and lost 0.

Huancayo can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 14 times.

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Alianza Lima form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Alianza Lima have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of eight victories in a row regardless of arena.

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. Alianza Lima goalkeeper Franco Manuel Saravia Rojas is eager to challenge this, with his 427 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The fans enjoyed Alianza's previous match versus Cienciano (placed 6th), a 1-0 win played at home. Benavente came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Cienciano last time out, making the manager Bustos feel like a tactical genius. Midfield player Lavandeira was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.34/10. Lavandeira hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Alianza Lima playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Alianza Lima wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Alianza Lima are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Sport Huancayo victories, five draws and three Alianza Lima wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HuancayoL. Benítes Vargas
L. Benítes Vargas
8 goals
Alianza LimaH. Barcos
H. Barcos
7 goals
Sport HuancayoR. Huaccha Jurado
R. Huaccha Jurado
4 goals

Sport Huancayo missing players

Alianza Lima missing players

Sport Huancayo Alianza Lima
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 4 Played P 2 7 14
9 4 3 Won W 0 4 9
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 2 2 3
27 14 11 Scored S 2 12 25
15 6 4 Conceded C 5 7 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
64% 83% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 57%
43% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 43%
29% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 29%
29% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 21%
50% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 43%
36% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 43%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 21%
 
5.9 7.5 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 6.9 6.5
4.4 4.8 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 5.4 4.6
1.8 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.1 2.9
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.9 16.3 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 11.3 12.6
4.8 5 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 5.1
40% 47% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 41% 35%
 
10.1 12.8 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 11.3 9.7
4.4 5.3 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.1 3.9
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Alianza Lima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Alianza Lima have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Alianza Lima have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Primera Division
  • Alianza Lima have the the best goal difference (+13) in Primera Division
  • Alianza Lima have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Primera Division
  • Sport Huancayo have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sport Huancayo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sport Huancayo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sport Huancayo have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sport Huancayo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sport Huancayo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Melgar 15 11 1 3 21 11 7 7 0 0 12 0 8 4 1 3 9 11 10 34
2 Sport Huancayo 14 9 3 2 27 15 6 4 2 0 14 6 8 5 1 2 13 9 12 30
3 Alianza Lima 14 9 2 3 25 12 7 5 1 1 13 5 7 4 1 2 12 7 13 29
4 Alianza Atletico 15 9 1 5 26 26 7 5 1 1 15 8 8 4 0 4 11 18 0 28
5 Sporting Cristal 14 7 5 2 26 19 7 5 2 0 21 13 7 2 3 2 5 6 7 26
6 Cienciano 15 7 4 4 29 17 7 5 1 1 19 7 8 2 3 3 10 10 12 25
7 Universitario 16 7 4 5 23 17 8 4 3 1 15 9 8 3 1 4 8 8 6 25
8 Deportivo Binacional 15 8 1 6 20 15 8 5 1 2 13 6 7 3 0 4 7 9 5 25
9 Deportivo Municipal 15 7 2 6 27 30 8 4 1 3 9 11 7 3 1 3 18 19 -3 23
10 Cesar Vallejo 15 5 6 4 15 14 7 4 2 1 11 5 8 1 4 3 4 9 1 21
11 Atletico Grau 16 4 6 6 20 20 7 2 1 4 11 11 9 2 5 2 9 9 0 18
12 Sport Boys 15 5 3 7 15 25 7 3 1 3 8 11 8 2 2 4 7 14 -10 18
13 UTC Cajamarca 15 5 2 8 26 28 8 5 2 1 19 12 7 0 0 7 7 16 -2 17
14 Carlos Manucci 15 4 4 7 16 18 7 2 3 2 3 4 8 2 1 5 13 14 -2 16
15 ADT 15 3 6 6 12 18 7 2 3 2 8 6 8 1 3 4 4 12 -6 15
16 Universidad San Martin 15 4 2 9 17 29 9 4 1 4 12 9 6 0 1 5 5 20 -12 14
17 Carlos Stein 15 3 3 9 15 25 8 3 3 2 9 7 7 0 0 7 6 18 -10 12
18 Ayacucho 15 3 2 10 23 27 8 3 1 4 16 13 7 0 1 6 7 14 -4 11
19 Academia Cantolao 15 2 3 10 13 30 9 1 1 7 7 18 6 1 2 3 6 12 -17 9

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.