Sporting Cristal perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Ayacucho can look both up and down from their 9th position.
- Sporting Cristal has the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Primera Division
- Ayacucho have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Sporting Cristal form and stats
Overall Primera Division stats at home this season for Sporting Cristal are 5-2-2 (wins-draw-losses). Cristal haven’t lost a league-game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Atletico Grau, 62 days ago.
Cristal's last game was hosting Academia Cantolao and winning 3-2. A 1-1 draw away before that, with UTC Cajamarca the opponent.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cristal matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, one draw and zero defeats (from one game).
Cristal has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cristal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Monumental in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Ayacucho form and stats
3-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ayacucho in their Primera Division matches away.
Ayacucho have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Angel Gustavo Zamudio Chavez. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Primera Division.
Ayacucho are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Primera Division against Carlos Manucci. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Sport Boys.
Late drama in the previous game, when Mauricio Montes scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Carlos Manucci.
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 Ayacucho playing away, we found five games. Results were two away wins, one draw and two home wins.
Ayacucho has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. 12 goals have been conceded by Ayacucho in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Cristal and Ayacucho have met before this season: Cristal - Ayacucho 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Cristal won six games, one match ended with a draw and Ayacucho has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  E. Herrera 18 goals |   M. Montes Sanguinetti 8 goals |  C. Olivares Burga 7 goals |
Sporting Cristal missing players
Ayacucho missing players
| Sporting Cristal | Ayacucho | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 58 | 20 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 21 | 42 |
| 32 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 26 |
| 93% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 79% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 79% |
| 54% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 46% |
| 36% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 18% |
| 32% | 15% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 4% |
| 68% | 54% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 61% |
| 25% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 32% |
| 14% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 21% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.9 | 11.8 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 37% | 33% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 31% | 33% |
- Ayacucho have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Cristal has the most scored goals in the second half (33) 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 | 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 Martin | 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 |