Sporting Cristal battle against Universitario for glory and sporting success.
- Sporting Cristal have won all their matches at home so far.
- Universitario have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Club Universitario de Deportes and Sporting Cristal have dominated Peruvian football together with Alianza Lima, claiming most of the league championships. These three teams are all major rivals and all encounters with any two of the three is considered a major derby and a big event in Peruvian football.
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 Universitario.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
An away draw last time out for Cristal, facing Deportivo Municipal in a game that ended 1-1. Alejandro Duarte, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.33 out of 10 in that game. Duarte stopped the opponent with four saves.
A 1-1 draw away in the Copa Sudamericana before that, with Arsenal de Sarandi the opponent.There will be little rest for Cristal after this match as they are travelling to Sport Huancayo for a Primera Division game in only three days.
Universitario form and stats
As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Universitario have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.
Universitario might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Carlos Manucci proved too strong as Universitario slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Monumental. Hernán Novick got a match rating of 9.02 in that game, top player of the team. Novick scored one goal, hit six key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 51 successful passes (of 58 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at UTC Cajamarca.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cienciano in just four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Universitario has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Cristal, six draws and one win for Universitario. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  H. Novick Rattich 6 goals |   A. Hohberg González 5 goals |  C. Gonzáles Crespo 4 goals |
Sporting Cristal missing players
Universitario missing players
| Sporting Cristal | Universitario | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 91% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 64% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 6.1 | 7.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 7.6 | 6.5 |
| 2.8 | 3.6 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11.9 | 12.4 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 7.6 | 9.5 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 47% | 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | 32% |
- Sporting Cristal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting Cristal have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sporting Cristal have won all their matches at home so far.
- Sporting Cristal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sporting Cristal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Universitario have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Universitario have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Universitario haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | César Vallejo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Carlos Manucci | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Cienciano | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Deportivo Municipal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Alianza Lima | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Melgar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Sporting Cristal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Universitario | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Alianza Atletico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Sport Boys | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Deportivo Binacional | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Alianza Universidad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | UTC Cajamarca | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Academia Cantolao | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Real Garcilaso | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Universidad San Martin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | Ayacucho | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Sport Huancayo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 |