Football betting preview: Sporting Cristal vs Atlético Grau

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Thu 20.October
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alberto Gallardo (11600 seats)

Sporting Cristal and Atlético Grau are both doing (very) nicely in the Primera Division with their 1st and 3rd places respectively. Expect a top fixture!

Insights:
  • Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (32) in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Atlético Grau have scored away.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Primera Division game only four days ago.

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Sporting Cristal form and stats

15 points is a decent return from 7 Primera Division games here at Estadio Alberto Gallardo for Sporting Cristal. The data says 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. days ago.

A strong away win for Cristal against Sport Boys the last match, as Pretell, Távara (2), Loyola and Grimaldo were on target. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Midfielder Távara was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.05 (out of ten) in that game. Távara scored two goals, served one assist and hit three key passes.

Before that, Sporting Cristal drew at home versus Universitario.

There will be little rest for Cristal after this match as they are travelling to Alianza Atlético for a Primera Division game in only three days.

Goals decide football matches and Sporting Cristal are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. Sporting Cristal have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Atlético Grau form and stats

The visitors are W2-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Atlético have lost on their last two travels.

Atlético Grau had fun at their own home (Estadio Alberto Gallardo) last time out, beating Carlos Mannucci 2-1. Sandoval and Pisano scored.

Prior to that match, the Atlético manager Álvarez faced defeat when travelling to Alianza Atlético and losing 1-4.

A new game in only three days for Atlético Grau, the Primera Division home match versus Melgar. Busy days.

The visiting Atlético Grau have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. As for defending, Atlético rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved encountered each other earlier this match year: Atlético Grau - Sporting Cristal 0-2. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Sporting Cristal victories, one draw and one Atlético Grau win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético GrauR. Salinas
R. Salinas
12 goals
CristalI. Ávila Acero
I. Ávila Acero
10 goals
Sporting CristalA. Hohberg González
A. Hohberg González
9 goals

Sporting Cristal missing players

Atlético Grau missing players

Sporting Cristal Atlético Grau
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 17 34
21 11 0 Won W 1 4 13
10 5 4 Drew D 1 8 10
2 0 0 Lost L 2 5 11
67 40 2 Scored S 2 17 46
35 21 2 Conceded C 4 21 40
91% 81% 25% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
70% 69% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 76% 76%
48% 69% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 35% 50%
39% 62% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 18%
27% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
55% 62% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 71% 65%
39% 38% 75% Clean Sheets C S 25% 12% 21%
15% 19% 75% Failed to Score F T 50% 24% 21%
 
6.7 7.6 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4.4 4.1
5.1 4 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 4.7 4.2
2.5 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.5 2.7
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 5 8
 
12.7 13.4 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.6 9
5.8 6.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.8 3.8
35% 36% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 26% 36%
 
12.1 10.9 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.2 10.4
4.2 3.9 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.4 4.3
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Sporting Cristal have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sporting Cristal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Cristal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Atlético Grau have scored away.
  • Sporting Cristal have the most points from losing position (18) in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (32) in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal have the the best goal difference (+17) in Primera Division

  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 15 10 5 0 32 15 7 4 3 0 15 8 8 6 2 0 17 7 17 35
2 Alianza Lima 15 10 3 2 26 10 8 6 1 1 16 4 7 4 2 1 10 6 16 33
3 Atlético Grau 16 9 4 3 26 17 9 7 1 1 18 6 7 2 3 2 8 11 9 31
4 César Vallejo 15 10 1 4 23 19 8 7 0 1 19 9 7 3 1 3 4 10 4 31
5 Melgar 15 9 3 3 27 15 8 7 0 1 18 6 7 2 3 2 9 9 12 30
6 Universitario 16 8 5 3 23 9 8 5 2 1 13 4 8 3 3 2 10 5 14 29
7 Sport Huancayo 15 7 3 5 23 15 8 5 3 0 17 6 7 2 0 5 6 9 8 24
8 Alianza Atlético 15 7 2 6 20 17 8 6 2 0 18 7 7 1 0 6 2 10 3 23
9 UTC Cajamarca 15 7 2 6 23 21 7 5 1 1 15 6 8 2 1 5 8 15 2 23
10 Sport Boys 16 6 3 7 22 25 9 6 0 3 16 10 7 0 3 4 6 15 -3 21
11 Deportivo Binacional 15 6 2 7 22 15 7 6 1 0 18 2 8 0 1 7 4 13 7 20
12 ADT 15 5 5 5 21 20 8 4 3 1 11 6 7 1 2 4 10 14 1 20
13 Cienciano 15 5 4 6 15 17 8 3 3 2 10 8 7 2 1 4 5 9 -2 19
14 Academia Cantolao 15 3 6 6 14 18 6 2 2 2 7 7 9 1 4 4 7 11 -4 15
15 Deportivo Municipal 15 3 4 8 13 26 7 2 2 3 5 8 8 1 2 5 8 18 -13 13
16 Carlos Mannucci 15 3 3 9 11 25 8 2 3 3 6 7 7 1 0 6 5 18 -14 12
17 Ayacucho 15 2 4 9 14 26 7 1 2 4 5 7 8 1 2 5 9 19 -12 10
18 Carlos Stein 15 1 3 11 13 30 7 1 2 4 8 12 8 0 1 7 5 18 -17 6
19 Universidad San Martín 15 1 2 12 14 42 6 1 1 4 7 17 9 0 1 8 7 25 -28 5

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.