It's advantage Sporting Cristal so far with their 3rd position in the Primera Division table, welcoming Ayacucho who are placed 9th.
- Sporting Cristal has the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Primera Division
- Ayacucho is in the best form (4-2-0)
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cristal and Ayacucho.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Sporting Cristal so far this season. Cristal haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Atletico Grau, 66 days ago.
The spoils were shared in Cristal's previous game, also at home. Visiting Ayacucho (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Academia Cantolao.
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).
The manager R. Mosquera Vera will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ayacucho in only two days.
Cristal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cristal have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Ayacucho form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Ayacucho playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sporting Cristal (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) in their previous outing. The Primera Division match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Ayacucho secured a home win against Carlos Manucci with the score 1-0.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Ayacucho when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning two games.
After this away game Ayacucho return home for a Primera Division game against Sporting Cristal. That game is only two sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Ayacucho's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Ayacucho have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Cristal - Ayacucho 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Sporting Cristal won six, Ayacucho won three and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Herrera 19 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 |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 59 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 22 | 43 |
| 33 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 27 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 79% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 79% |
| 52% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 53% | 45% |
| 34% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 17% |
| 31% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 69% | 57% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 62% |
| 24% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 31% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.8 | 11.7 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 37% | 33% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 31% | 33% |
- Ayacucho have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ayacucho is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Sporting Cristal has the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Primera Division
- 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 |