Melgar have come here for an exciting game against the hosts Sporting Cristal. Get smart on the fixture with this in-depth Primera Division preview!
These teams have little in common geographically as Melgar have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Melgar could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Primera Division game only four sleeps ago.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
The hosts won their first Primera Division game here at Estadio Alberto Gallardo, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Sporting Cristal last season were 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss from 9 games.
Cristal shared the glory with Carlos Manucci in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Before that game, the home loss against Melgar with the scoreline 0-2.At Estadio Alberto Gallardo, Sporting Cristal has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Melgar form and stats
Playing away, Melgar have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Primera Division this season.
Melgar aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 195 league minutes without a goal. Vilchez (own goal) was the last player to find the net.
Melgar have much to to correct after their unpredictable loss (0-2) to Deportivo Municipal in their previous match, played in front of their own supporters.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Alianza Lima's place.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Melgar has managed {0 goals} and let in 3 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Sporting Cristal wins - draws - Melgar wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten duels. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Cuesta with 7 goals scored against Sporting Cristal in these 10 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Sosa Toranza 1 goals |
Sporting Cristal missing players
Melgar missing players
| Sporting Cristal | Melgar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sporting Cristal | Last season | Melgar | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Won | W | 8 | 26 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 74 | 45 | Scored | S | 22 | 59 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Conceded | C | 24 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 98% | ||
| 74% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 60% | ||
| 47% | 68% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 38% | ||
| 37% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 18% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 5% | ||
| 50% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 30% | ||
| 39% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 55% | ||
| 18% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 18% | ||
| 6.9 | 7.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 7 | 9 | ||
| 12.7 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 14.3 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 25% | ||
| 12.3 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Grau | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Deportivo Garcilaso | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Carlos Manucci | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Alianza Atletico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Cesar Vallejo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Universitario | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Sport Huancayo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | UTC Cajamarca | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Union Comercio | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Cienciano | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Deportivo Municipal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Alianza Lima | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Sport Boys | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | ADT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Deportivo Binacional | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 17 | Academia Cantolao | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| 18 | Real Garcilaso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| 19 | Melgar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 |
