Moving closer to the top teams is at stake when these mid-table teams fight it out. Both are aiming to better their league table standing, Sport Huancayo in 8th and Sport Boys in 12th position.
- Sport Huancayo have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Primera Division
- Sport Boys have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sport Huancayo form and stats
Sport Huancayo are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Huancayo. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 206 minutes without scoring a league goal. Perlaza was the last player to find the net.
The Sport Huancayo fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio Huancayo: A 0-1 defeat against Ayacucho (placed 16th). Midfield player Lliuya got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Lliuya hit eight key passes and had 84 successful passes (of 95 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Alianza Atletico (0-1).The Huancayo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Sport Huancayo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Huancayo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.
Sport Boys form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sport Boys so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for Sport Boys, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Melgar. It is a bit troubling for Sport Boys that their goalie Álvarez pulled off eight saves in the Melgar game, but still couldn't stop a loss. Goalkeeper Álvarez got the top player rating of the team with 8.25/10. Álvarez saved a penalty.
Preceding that, the 3-5 home loss versus Sporting Cristal.The attacking power of Boys when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Sport Boys manager Alayo has some worries about the defense as 18 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams get together this season, as the history books show this recent match: Sport Boys - Sport Huancayo 2-3. Head to head data (for the former ten meetings): Huancayo won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Sport Boys have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Benítes Vargas 18 goals |  R. Huaccha Jurado 8 goals |  V. Perlaza Caicedo 8 goals |
Sport Huancayo missing players
Sport Boys missing players
| Sport Huancayo | Sport Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 58 | 35 | 12 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 39 |
| 34 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 35 | 60 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 65% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 80% |
| 38% | 47% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 65% | 63% |
| 26% | 29% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 21% | 18% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 14% |
| 47% | 53% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 53% | 54% |
| 35% | 41% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 23% |
| 18% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 41% | 29% |
| 6 | 7.5 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 14.5 | 17.3 | 18.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.9 | 11.5 |
| 5.6 | 6.6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| 31% | 31% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 28% |
| 11.5 | 11.8 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 12.9 | 12.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
- Sport Boys have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sport Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Sport Boys have scored away.
- Sport Huancayo have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Primera Division
- 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 | Sporting Cristal | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 38 |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Atletico Grau | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Melgar | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 33 |
| 5 | Cesar Vallejo | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Universitario | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 7 | UTC Cajamarca | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Sport Huancayo | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | ADT | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Alianza Atletico | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Cienciano | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Sport Boys | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Deportivo Binacional | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| 14 | Deportivo Municipal | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Academia Cantolao | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 18 |
| 16 | Ayacucho | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 | Carlos Mannucci | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -16 | 13 |
| 18 | Carlos Stein | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -24 | 6 |
| 19 | Universidad San Martín | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 27 | -29 | 6 |
