Football betting preview: Sporting Cristal vs Academia Cantolao

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sat 28.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alberto Gallardo (11600 seats)

Sporting Cristal perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Academia Cantolao can look both up and down from their 13th position.

Insights:
  • Sporting Cristal is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Academia Cantolao haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sporting Cristal form and stats

Sporting Cristal have played 9 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Cristal haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Atletico Grau, 55 days ago.

An away draw last time out for Cristal, facing UTC Cajamarca in a game that ended 1-1. In the match before that, Cristal hosted Universitario and drew the game 2-2.

Cristal has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Cristal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Alberto Gallardo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.

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Academia Cantolao form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division.

Academia Cantolao failed to get anything from their last game, a Primera Division home match vs Universidad San Martín that ended with defeat 1-2. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Alianza Universidad that ended 1-1.

Academia Cantolao have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Academia Cantolao's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Academia Cantolao - Cristal 2-6, played this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - three - two (Cristal wins - draws - Academia Cantolao wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Sporting Cristal missing players

Academia Cantolao missing players

Sporting Cristal Academia Cantolao
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 12 4 Played P 4 13 27
15 7 3 Won W 1 3 7
8 3 1 Drew D 1 3 7
4 2 0 Lost L 2 7 13
55 17 7 Scored S 5 15 30
30 10 3 Conceded C 8 23 45
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
78% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 78%
52% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 52%
33% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 30%
30% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 11%
67% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 77% 63%
26% 42% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 22%
15% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.6 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2.6
8 3 0 Red cards R C 1 4 11
 
357 149 61 Total Shots T S 32 142 257
152 55 16 Shots on Target S O 12 46 92
36% 31% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 33% 33%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Academia Cantolao have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Academia Cantolao haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sporting Cristal has the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal is in the best form (4-2-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Universitario 19 13 4 2 38 18 9 7 1 1 16 8 10 6 3 1 22 10 20 42
2 Sport Huancayo 19 10 5 4 23 15 9 6 2 1 14 8 10 4 3 3 9 7 8 35
3 Sporting Cristal 19 9 6 4 38 23 9 5 2 2 12 8 10 4 4 2 26 15 15 33
4 Cesar Vallejo 19 8 9 2 25 16 9 4 4 1 10 6 10 4 5 1 15 10 9 33
5 Carlos Manucci 19 7 8 4 28 22 10 1 5 4 9 14 9 6 3 0 19 8 6 29
6 UTC Cajamarca 19 7 8 4 24 20 9 5 2 2 17 13 10 2 6 2 7 7 4 29
7 Alianza Universidad 19 8 5 6 21 17 10 4 3 3 8 5 9 4 2 3 13 12 4 29
8 Melgar 19 7 7 5 23 20 9 4 3 2 10 7 10 3 4 3 13 13 3 28
9 Ayacucho 19 7 6 6 28 21 10 4 4 2 14 9 9 3 2 4 14 12 7 27
10 Cienciano 19 8 3 8 27 23 10 5 2 3 19 12 9 3 1 5 8 11 4 27
11 Deportivo Binacional 19 6 5 8 24 29 9 3 1 5 14 19 10 3 4 3 10 10 -5 23
12 Alianza Lima 19 5 7 7 19 20 10 4 3 3 11 8 9 1 4 4 8 12 -1 22
13 Academia Cantolao 19 6 4 9 21 33 10 3 2 5 10 18 9 3 2 4 11 15 -12 22
14 Deportivo Municipal 19 4 9 6 20 24 9 1 4 4 7 13 10 3 5 2 13 11 -4 21
15 Real Garcilaso 19 5 6 8 26 31 9 3 3 3 13 15 10 2 3 5 13 16 -5 21
16 Universidad San Martín 19 5 6 8 20 27 10 2 4 4 11 12 9 3 2 4 9 15 -7 21
17 Sport Boys 19 5 5 9 24 33 10 3 3 4 15 18 9 2 2 5 9 15 -9 19
18 Carlos Stein 19 4 6 9 18 28 10 0 4 6 10 20 9 4 2 3 8 8 -10 17
19 Atletico Grau 19 3 8 8 17 27 9 1 7 1 12 12 10 2 1 7 5 15 -10 17
20 Deportivo Llacuabamba 19 2 5 12 25 42 10 2 2 6 13 19 9 0 3 6 12 23 -17 11

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.