Primera Division fixture information and stats: Sporting Cristal welcome César Vallejo

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alberto Gallardo (11600 seats)

Sporting Cristal and César Vallejo are both high-flying in the Primera Division with their 1st and 6th positions respectively. Let's hope for a top match!

Insights:
  • Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Primera Division
  • Sporting Cristal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as César Vallejo have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sporting Cristal form and stats

Seven points from three Primera Division home games is a great start for Sporting Cristal, who are hoping to build on that form here at Estadio Alberto Gallardo.

Cristal are returning here after visiting Universidad San Martín and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Buonanotte and Liza scored the goal(s). Manager Vera felt very clever after Liza scored the winning goal against Universidad San Martín, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 66th minute. The forward Buonanotte was named "man of the match" for Sporting Cristal with the rating of 7.82/10. Buonanotte scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Sporting Cristal had a home game versus Carlos Stein which ended with a victory 3-2.

Goals decide football matches and Cristal are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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César Vallejo form and stats

2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of César Vallejo playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.

Mena, Noronha, Vélez and Quinteros scored in César Vallejo's previous match, the home game against Carlos Manucci that ended 4-1. Midfield player Quinteros was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Quinteros scored one goal and had 63 successful passes (of 69 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Alianza Atlético's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting César Vallejo as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. César Vallejo have conceded 6 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

César Vallejo have avoided a loss in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) against Cristal.

The two sides faced each other before this season: César Vallejo - Sporting Cristal 2-0. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

César VallejoY. Mena Palacios
Y. Mena Palacios
11 goals
Sporting CristalI. Ávila Acero
I. Ávila Acero
7 goals
Sporting CristalA. Hohberg González
A. Hohberg González
5 goals

Sporting Cristal missing players

César Vallejo missing players

Sporting Cristal César Vallejo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 4 13 26
16 9 0 Won W 0 4 13
7 3 2 Drew D 1 4 6
2 0 0 Lost L 3 5 7
49 32 2 Scored S 1 11 36
28 18 2 Conceded C 6 16 25
96% 92% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 88%
72% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 69%
48% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 42%
40% 67% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 23%
24% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
56% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 42%
36% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 31%
12% 8% 50% Failed to Score F T 75% 54% 38%
 
7 7.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 5.7
5.6 4.4 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.7 5.1
2.6 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.9 2.7
2 2 1 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
13.2 13.8 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.5 12.3
5.6 6.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 4.9
35% 40% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 6% 22% 28%
 
12.5 12.1 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 12.5 11.3
4.1 4.2 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.5 3.8
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 César Vallejo have scored away.
  • Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals in the first half (29) 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 7 5 2 0 14 8 3 2 1 0 7 5 4 3 1 0 7 3 6 17
2 Atlético Grau 8 5 2 1 13 8 4 3 0 1 7 4 4 2 2 0 6 4 5 17
3 Alianza Lima 6 5 1 0 8 2 3 3 0 0 5 1 3 2 1 0 3 1 6 16
4 Melgar 6 5 0 1 8 2 4 3 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 15
5 Cienciano 8 4 3 1 9 5 4 2 2 0 6 3 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 15
6 César Vallejo 8 5 0 3 11 10 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 2 0 2 3 6 1 15
7 Deportivo Binacional 8 4 1 3 14 6 4 4 0 0 13 1 4 0 1 3 1 5 8 13
8 Alianza Atlético 7 4 0 3 10 6 3 3 0 0 8 2 4 1 0 3 2 4 4 12
9 Universitario 8 3 2 3 10 5 4 2 1 1 5 2 4 1 1 2 5 3 5 11
10 ADT 8 3 2 3 8 8 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 1 1 2 5 6 0 11
11 Sport Boys 8 3 1 4 13 14 4 3 0 1 8 3 4 0 1 3 5 11 -1 10
12 Deportivo Municipal 8 2 3 3 6 8 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2 9
13 Sport Huancayo 7 2 2 3 13 8 4 2 2 0 10 2 3 0 0 3 3 6 5 8
14 Academia Cantolao 7 1 3 3 7 11 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 2 2 3 7 -4 6
15 UTC Cajamarca 7 2 0 5 5 15 3 2 0 1 4 4 4 0 0 4 1 11 -10 6
16 Carlos Stein 7 1 1 5 8 14 3 1 1 1 5 6 4 0 0 4 3 8 -6 4
17 Carlos Manucci 6 1 1 4 4 12 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 8 -8 4
18 Universidad San Martín 8 1 1 6 7 19 4 1 1 2 5 9 4 0 0 4 2 10 -12 4
19 Ayacucho 8 0 3 5 9 16 4 0 1 3 2 5 4 0 2 2 7 11 -7 3

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.