Sporting Cristal will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Alianza Universidad.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
Sporting Cristal have collected 8 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 2-2-1.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Cristal, as their goalkeeper Renato Alfredo Solis Salinas has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Primera Division.
Cristal manager R. Mosquera Vera and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Cienciano (placed 7th) in the Primera Division. Before that, Cristal had a home game versus Universidad San Martin which ended with a victory 2-0.
The Cristal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. From these home matches, Cristal have conceded only 4 goals.
Alianza Universidad form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Alianza Universidad playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.
Alianza Universidad might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Deportivo Binacional proved too strong as Alianza Universidad slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Heraclio Tapia León. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Universitario wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.
Alianza Universidad has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. In the opposite end, Universidad have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cristal one win, two draws and Alianza Universidad seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Pajoy Ortíz 7 goals |   E. Herrera 5 goals |  W. Corozo Becerra 4 goals |
Sporting Cristal missing players
Alianza Universidad missing players
| Sporting Cristal | Alianza Universidad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 82% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 73% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 45% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 55% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 64% |
| 27% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 36% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 3.7 | 2.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 129 | 53 | 1 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 27 | 94 |
| 53 | 18 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 17 | 45 |
| 34% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 53% | 36% |
- Alianza Universidad have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Alianza Universidad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Alianza Universidad have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Alianza Universidad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Alianza Universidad's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sporting Cristal has the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Ayacucho | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Alianza Universidad | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Deportivo Binacional | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Sport Huancayo | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | UTC Cajamarca | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Cienciano | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | Real Garcilaso | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Sporting Cristal | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | Carlos Manucci | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Cesar Vallejo | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 12 | Deportivo Municipal | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 13 | Melgar | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Academia Cantolao | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 14 |
| 15 | Alianza Lima | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Sport Boys | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 17 | Universidad San Martin | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 18 | Carlos Stein | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -6 | 8 |
| 19 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 8 |
| 20 | Atletico Grau | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 7 |