The two squads are revelling in a quality season so far and occasions like today could be momentous. Here's the preview for Sporting Cristal - Melgar!
- Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (39) in Primera Division
- Melgar have the most clean sheets (20) in Primera Division
It's quite the trip for Melgar when visiting Sporting Cristal as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
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 Sporting Cristal and Melgar.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
Sporting Cristal are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Nacional de Lima. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
Cristal are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Melgar. Sporting Cristal's goalkeeper Duarte was extremely busy against Melgar, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Carlos Manucci in a game that was won 4-0.Goals decide football matches and Cristal are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 9 league matches. Sporting Cristal have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Melgar form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Melgar are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the fixture against Sporting Cristal. Iberico, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.1. Iberico scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
A 0-1 loss hosting Alianza Atletico before that.Melgar have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Melgar in these games.
Head 2 Head
These two sides played each other previously this match year: Melgar - Sporting Cristal 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Sporting Cristal victories, one draw and five Melgar wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Iberico Robalino 13 goals | B. Cuesta 13 goals |   A. Hohberg González 11 goals |
Sporting Cristal missing players
Melgar missing players
| Sporting Cristal | Melgar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 37 | 18 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 18 | 37 |
| 23 | 12 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 74 | 45 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 20 | 56 |
| 39 | 23 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | 29 |
| 92% | 83% | 25% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 73% | 72% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 59% |
| 49% | 72% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 39% | 41% |
| 38% | 61% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | 19% |
| 24% | 44% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 6% | 5% |
| 51% | 61% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 44% | 32% |
| 41% | 39% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 39% | 54% |
| 16% | 17% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 22% | 16% |
| 6.9 | 8 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.9 | 7.1 |
| 5 | 3.7 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 12.8 | 13.7 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 11.4 | 14.7 |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 6 |
| 35% | 38% | 4% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| 12.4 | 11.4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 9.5 | 8.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
- Melgar have the most clean sheets (20) in Primera Division
- 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 Melgar have scored away.
- Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (39) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals in the first half (36) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have the the best goal difference (+22) 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 | Alianza Lima | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 42 |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 22 | 41 |
| 3 | Atletico Grau | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 37 |
| 4 | Universitario | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| 5 | Melgar | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 33 |
| 6 | Cesar Vallejo | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 33 |
| 7 | UTC Cajamarca | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Sport Huancayo | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 9 | Alianza Atletico | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Deportivo Binacional | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 26 |
| 11 | Cienciano | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 12 | ADT | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | Sport Boys | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -8 | 21 |
| 14 | Deportivo Municipal | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Academia Cantolao | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 16 | Ayacucho | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -12 | 14 |
| 17 | Carlos Manucci | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -20 | 13 |
| 18 | Carlos Stein | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -25 | 6 |
| 19 | Universidad San Martin | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 27 | -30 | 6 |
