Primera Division match guide and numbers: Sport Huancayo meet Universitario

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Miguel Grau del Callao (11600 seats)

Sport Huancayo are willing to ignore the league table ahead of this fixture vs Universitario. Here's all you should know before the game!

Insights:
  • Sport Huancayo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Huancayo and Universitario.

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Sport Huancayo form and stats

With 1 Primera Division win, 3 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Sport Huancayo are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Huancayo travelled for their previous game, a trip to Deportivo Municipal that ended 2-2. Midfield player Óscar Barreto got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Barreto scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Before that, Sport Huancayo had a home game versus Universidad San Martin which ended with a victory 3-1.

Huancayo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. Huancayo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Universitario form and stats

Universitario have an excellent away record in the Primera Division so far with 3-3-0 from 6 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Academia Cantolao game have they lost an away game, meaning Universitario has taken points from nine away matches in a row.

It's the second away game in a row for Universitario, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Alianza Universidad (placed 14th) in the Primera Division last time out. As you can tell from the results above, Universitario was very dominant against Alianza Universidad, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Alex Valera (3) and Nelinho Quina providing the goals. Alex Valera certainly enjoyed Universitario's last game versus Alianza Universidad, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-0 victory. Alex Valera, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.23. Valera scored three goals and hit three key passes.

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Deportivo Municipal.

Universitario has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. Universitario are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these contenders: Huancayo won four, Universitario were winners in four and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

UniversitarioH. Novick Rattich
H. Novick Rattich
8 goals
UniversitarioA. Valera Sandoval
A. Valera Sandoval
6 goals
HuancayoE. Costa Morais
E. Costa Morais
4 goals

Sport Huancayo missing players

Universitario missing players

Sport Huancayo Universitario
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 11 2 Played P 6 10 20
4 2 1 Won W 4 5 8
11 6 1 Drew D 2 4 8
5 3 0 Lost L 0 1 4
18 12 3 Scored S 13 17 31
19 12 0 Conceded C 5 10 25
75% 73% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
55% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 70% 75%
30% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 55%
15% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 45%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 10% 10%
40% 45% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 60%
40% 36% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 35%
45% 45% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 15%
 
4.5 4.4 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.5 5.1
4.5 3.5 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.9 5.2
2.9 2.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.1 2.6
6 3 0 Red cards R C 3 4 6
 
10.9 11.4 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9 10.7
3.8 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.4 4.8
24% 26% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 39% 32%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Sport Huancayo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Alianza Lima 12 9 3 0 19 6 6 5 1 0 12 5 6 4 2 0 7 1 13 30
2 Sport Boys 12 6 4 2 16 13 6 2 3 1 8 8 6 4 1 1 8 5 3 22
3 Sporting Cristal 11 6 3 2 27 15 6 2 2 2 13 10 5 4 1 0 14 5 12 21
4 Carlos Manucci 12 6 2 4 20 16 6 1 2 3 8 10 6 5 0 1 12 6 4 20
5 Melgar 12 5 4 3 21 12 6 1 3 2 7 6 6 4 1 1 14 6 9 19
6 UTC Cajamarca 12 5 4 3 14 14 6 3 1 2 7 9 6 2 3 1 7 5 0 19
7 Deportivo Municipal 12 5 3 4 17 12 6 1 3 2 6 6 6 4 0 2 11 6 5 18
8 Universitario 12 4 5 3 19 15 6 1 2 3 9 12 6 3 3 0 10 3 4 17
9 César Vallejo 12 4 4 4 9 8 6 2 1 3 3 3 6 2 3 1 6 5 1 16
10 Cienciano 12 3 6 3 17 15 6 1 3 2 6 6 6 2 3 1 11 9 2 15
11 Academia Cantolao 12 3 5 4 15 15 6 1 2 3 7 11 6 2 3 1 8 4 0 14
12 Deportivo Binacional 11 4 2 5 17 20 5 2 1 2 7 9 6 2 1 3 10 11 -3 14
13 Ayacucho 12 3 4 5 13 19 6 2 1 3 6 8 6 1 3 2 7 11 -6 13
14 Alianza Universidad 12 3 4 5 10 20 6 1 2 3 3 11 6 2 2 2 7 9 -10 13
15 Alianza Atletico 12 3 3 6 15 25 6 2 2 2 9 10 6 1 1 4 6 15 -10 12
16 Sport Huancayo 12 1 8 3 10 13 6 1 3 2 6 8 6 0 5 1 4 5 -3 11
17 Real Garcilaso 12 2 3 7 20 25 6 1 2 3 11 12 6 1 1 4 9 13 -5 9
18 Universidad San Martin 12 0 3 9 4 20 6 0 1 5 1 10 6 0 2 4 3 10 -16 3

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.