Home advantage could prove decisive in Sporting Cristal - Sport Huancayo battle

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sat 09.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alberto Gallardo (11600 seats)

This game was marked in the calendar a long time ago by followers of both participants, as it's the first Primera Division match of the season. Both Sporting Cristal and Sport Huancayo are looking for a good start to their campaign.

Insights:
  • Sporting Cristal have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sport Huancayo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Both teams have had enough rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an animated fixture!

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Sporting Cristal form and stats

The season before, Sporting Cristal's league stats were 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, resulting in 2nd place in the Primera Division. Over these 17 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 23. Appearing as the home side in the last season Sporting Cristal produced 3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 11 conceded. When Sporting Cristal hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Sporting Cristal, Universidad San Martin, Universitario, Melgar, UTC Cajamarca and Sport Boys), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sporting Cristal have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 5 and lost 1.

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Sport Huancayo form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sport Huancayo performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 9 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 18 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 6 and lost 2 with 5/7 goals scored/conceded. When Sport Huancayo is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Universidad San Martin, Universitario, Melgar, Sport Huancayo, UTC Cajamarca and Sport Boys is teams we like to compare Sporting Cristal with.

Huancayo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

When Sport Huancayo is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Universidad San Martin, Universitario, Melgar, Sport Huancayo, UTC Cajamarca and Sport Boys.

Head 2 Head

Sporting Cristal and Sport Huancayo have faced off previously this season: Sport Huancayo - Sporting Cristal 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cristal five wins, four draws and Sport Huancayo one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 9 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Sport HuancayoL. Benítes Vargas
L. Benítes Vargas
11 goals
Sporting CristalC. Gonzáles Crespo
C. Gonzáles Crespo
7 goals
Sporting CristalI. Ávila Acero
I. Ávila Acero
7 goals

Sporting Cristal missing players

Sport Huancayo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Cristal Sport Huancayo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 3 10 18
11 7 3 Won W 2 6 12
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 2
35 25 12 Scored S 8 17 35
20 13 5 Conceded C 6 12 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 72%
44% 78% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 30% 39%
39% 67% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 30% 28%
22% 44% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 30% 28%
56% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
33% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 39%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 11%
 
6.9 7.2 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.8 5.6
5.7 5 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 3.7 4.3
2.3 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2 1.8
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
12.1 12.6 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13.1 14.4
5.1 6.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.5 5.5
38% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 31% 35%
 
11.9 12.4 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 9.3 10.4
4.1 4 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4 4.2
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Sport Huancayo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 in all their home matches so far.
  • Sporting Cristal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Academia Cantolao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ADT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Alianza Atletico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Alianza Lima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Atletico Grau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Ayacucho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Carlos Manucci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Carlos Stein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Cesar Vallejo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Cienciano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Deportivo Binacional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Deportivo Municipal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Melgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sport Boys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sport Huancayo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sporting Cristal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Universidad San Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Universitario 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 UTC Cajamarca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Academia Cantolao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ADT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Alianza Atletico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Alianza Lima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Atletico Grau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Ayacucho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Carlos Manucci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Carlos Stein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Cesar Vallejo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Cienciano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Deportivo Binacional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Deportivo Municipal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Melgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sport Boys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sport Huancayo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sporting Cristal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Universidad San Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Universitario 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 UTC Cajamarca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.