Soccer betting preview: Sport Huancayo welcomes Cienciano in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Huancayo (20000 seats)

This might well be yet another absorbing run-in at Estadio Huancayo in the Primera Division. Sport Huancayo is in 8th place and welcome Cienciano in 11th place. Read about the fixture here!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cienciano, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

These are full days for the hosts, as they had a game only four days ago in the Copa Libertadores. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Nacional Asuncion.

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Sport Huancayo form and stats

In the previous season, Sport Huancayo's league statistics were 8 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, resulting in 8th spot in the Primera Division. During these 18 matches they scored {26 goals} and gave away 19. Performing as the home team in the former season Sport Huancayo managed 6-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with {20 goals} and 8 conceded.

The followers hope that Sport Huancayo will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away defeat in the Copa Libertadores fixture against Nacional Asuncion. Millán (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Millán scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Preceding that game, a home victory hosting Nacional Asuncion in the Copa Libertadores. This is expected to be a close game, with 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 4 games. Sport Huancayo has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 0.

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Cienciano form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Primera Division ended in defeat. Last season Cienciano had these away match statistics: Played 9; won 3, drew 1 and lost 5.

The fans enjoyed Cienciano's previous fixture versus Real Garcilaso (placed 18th), a 2-0 win played at home. Garcés, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.05. Garcés scored two goals.

Prior to that result Cienciano won their away game at Universidad San Martin. The scoreline was 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cienciano playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Cienciano win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Cienciano have the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Sport Huancayo have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive games without defeat (2-4-0) when facing Cienciano.

Top Goalscorers

CiencianoC. Garcés Acosta
C. Garcés Acosta
2 goals

Sport Huancayo missing players

Cienciano missing players

Sport Huancayo Cienciano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 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%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 2
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Sport Huancayo Last season Cienciano
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
20 12   Won W   5 16
7 5   Drew D   5 9
9 1   Lost L   8 11
61 38   Scored S   20 61
37 14   Conceded C   25 45
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
67% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 67%
39% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 50%
28% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   28% 39%
19% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 25%
47% 56%   BTTS BTTS   56% 53%
33% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   28% 31%
19% 6%   Failed to Score F T   28% 25%
 
6 7.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 5.7
4.7 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.4 2.8
7 4   Red cards R C   4 6
 
14.2 16.9   Shots (avg) S (   11.9 14.8
5.5 6.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 5.1
31% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 33%
 
11.4 11.7   Shots against (avg) S A   11.2 9.9
4.2 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Grau 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 5 6
2 Deportivo Garcilaso 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
3 Carlos Manucci 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
4 Sporting Cristal 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
5 Alianza Atletico 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
6 Cesar Vallejo 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Universitario 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 3
8 Sport Huancayo 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
9 UTC Cajamarca 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3
10 Union Comercio 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
11 Cienciano 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
12 Deportivo Municipal 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 -1 3
13 Alianza Lima 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
14 Sport Boys 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
15 ADT 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Deportivo Binacional 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0
17 Academia Cantolao 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 0
18 Real Garcilaso 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 0
19 Melgar 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 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 18 13 3 2 31 10 10 8 1 1 20 4 8 5 2 1 11 6 21 42
2 Sporting Cristal 18 12 5 1 39 17 9 5 3 1 20 10 9 7 2 0 19 7 22 41
3 Atletico Grau 18 11 4 3 30 19 10 8 1 1 20 7 8 3 3 2 10 12 11 37
4 Universitario 18 9 6 3 26 10 9 6 2 1 15 4 9 3 4 2 11 6 16 33
5 Melgar 18 10 3 5 31 18 10 8 0 2 21 7 8 2 3 3 10 11 13 33
6 Cesar Vallejo 18 10 3 5 25 24 9 7 1 1 20 10 9 3 2 4 5 14 1 33
7 UTC Cajamarca 18 8 4 6 28 24 9 5 3 1 18 9 9 3 1 5 10 15 4 28
8 Sport Huancayo 18 8 3 7 26 19 10 6 3 1 20 8 8 2 0 6 6 11 7 27
9 Alianza Atletico 18 8 3 7 23 21 9 6 2 1 18 9 9 2 1 6 5 12 2 27
10 Deportivo Binacional 18 8 2 8 28 19 8 7 1 0 21 2 10 1 1 8 7 17 9 26
11 Cienciano 18 7 4 7 24 23 9 4 3 2 16 10 9 3 1 5 8 13 1 25
12 ADT 18 6 6 6 25 25 9 5 3 1 13 7 9 1 3 5 12 18 0 24
13 Sport Boys 18 6 3 9 23 31 9 6 0 3 16 10 9 0 3 6 7 21 -8 21
14 Deportivo Municipal 18 5 5 8 20 29 8 3 2 3 7 9 10 2 3 5 13 20 -9 20
15 Academia Cantolao 18 4 7 7 19 22 8 3 3 2 11 9 10 1 4 5 8 13 -3 19
16 Ayacucho 18 3 5 10 16 28 8 1 2 5 5 8 10 2 3 5 11 20 -12 14
17 Carlos Manucci 18 3 4 11 13 33 10 2 4 4 8 11 8 1 0 7 5 22 -20 13
18 Carlos Stein 18 1 3 14 18 43 9 1 2 6 11 19 9 0 1 8 7 24 -25 6
19 Universidad San Martin 18 1 3 14 17 47 8 1 2 5 9 20 10 0 1 9 8 27 -30 6

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.