The manager R. Mosquera Vera looks to inspire Sporting Cristal win against Alianza Lima

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sun 02.May
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nacional de Lima (80093 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Primera Division so far, with Sporting Cristal placed 1st and Alianza Lima sitting in the 5th position.

Insights:
  • Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (11) in Primera Division
  • Alianza Lima have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Primera Division

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Copa Libertadores. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Racing Club.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Sporting Cristal form and stats

As mentioned below, Sporting Cristal are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Primera Division games.

The fans are hoping that Sporting Cristal will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Copa Libertadores game against Racing Club. Before that game, the home loss against Sao Paulo with the scoreline 0-3.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Cristal's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.

Cristal are traveling soon after this match as the Copa Libertadores match at Rentistas awaits in three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Sporting Cristal's 2 home games: 4 goals, 1 conceded.

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Alianza Lima form and stats

0-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Alianza Lima, who have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Primera Division, in their Primera Division matches away.

Alianza's last game was the home draw against Cesar Vallejo (2-2). Before that, Alianza travelled to Sport Huancayo and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Alianza playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.

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

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cristal four wins, three draws and Alianza Lima three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CristalO. Merlo
O. Merlo
2 goals
CristalC. Gonzáles Crespo
C. Gonzáles Crespo
2 goals
Sporting CristalM. Riquelme
M. Riquelme
2 goals

Sporting Cristal missing players

Alianza Lima missing players

Sporting Cristal Alianza Lima
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 1 4
4 2 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 3
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
11 4 1 Scored S 0 0 5
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 75%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
75% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 3 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14 11 6 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7 7.8
5.5 5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2.8
50% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 45%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Alianza Lima have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (11) in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal have the the best goal difference (+10) in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal is in the best form (4-0-0)
Sporting Cristal Last season Alianza Lima
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 16   Played P   14 28
19 9   Won W   2 6
10 5   Drew D   4 8
4 2   Lost L   8 14
68 24   Scored S   13 28
37 15   Conceded C   20 36
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
82% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 75%
55% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 32%
33% 19%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 18%
30% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 7%
73% 62%   BTTS BTTS   43% 43%
21% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 25%
12% 12%   Failed to Score F T   43% 36%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.7 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 3
8 3   Red cards R C   3 8
 
12.6 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   11.1 11.6
5.5 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.3
37% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 23%

  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 4 4 0 0 11 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 7 0 10 12
2 Sport Huancayo 4 3 1 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 10
3 Alianza Universidad 5 3 0 2 4 5 3 2 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 9
4 Cesar Vallejo 4 2 1 1 9 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 9 4 4 7
5 Alianza Lima 4 1 3 0 5 4 3 1 2 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
6 Sport Boys 5 1 1 3 7 9 2 1 0 1 5 5 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 4
7 Deportivo Municipal 5 1 0 4 3 10 3 1 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 -7 3
8 Deportivo Binacional 5 1 0 4 5 13 2 1 0 1 2 5 3 0 0 3 3 8 -8 3
9 Real Garcilaso 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 2

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.