Excitement is likely at Estadio Nacional de Lima when Sporting Cristal challenge Universitario in what should be a top-notch match. Check our preview!
- Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (27) in Primera Division
- Universitario have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Primera Division
Club Universitario de Deportes and 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.
This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning more pressure and significance.
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.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 6 Primera Division games here at Estadio Nacional de Lima for Sporting Cristal. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sporting Cristal after consecutive victories at their own ground.
A strong away win for Cristal against Ayacucho the last match, as Escobar were on target. The victory against Ayacucho came after Escobar's winning goal. The Sporting Cristal manager Vera was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 82nd minute. Chávez was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.4 out of 10. The defender Chávez hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match, Sporting Cristal won a home game hosting ADT (4-2).With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (15 in 6 games), Cristal's attacking play is working. Sporting Cristal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Universitario form and stats
3-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Universitario, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Primera Division, in their Primera Division matches away.
Universitario had fun at their own home (Estadio Nacional de Lima) last time out, beating Carlos Manucci 3-0. Novick, Guzman and Quispe scored. Midfield player Novick was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.33/10. Novick scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 38 successful passes (of 44 total).
Before that, Universitario travelled to Alianza Atletico and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.Low on goals? 15 of this team's last 19 league rounds have had two goals or less.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Universitario have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. Universitario are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Cristal have not lost in the last 9 fixtures (3-6-0) against Universitario.Sporting Cristal and Universitario have met before this season: Universitario - Sporting Cristal 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Ávila Acero 10 goals |  A. Hohberg González 9 goals |   A. Succar Cañote 5 goals |
Sporting Cristal missing players
Universitario missing players
| Sporting Cristal | Universitario | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 20 | 11 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 62 | 40 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 46 |
| 32 | 21 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 27 |
| 94% | 87% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 71% | 73% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 75% |
| 48% | 73% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| 39% | 67% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 26% | 53% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 55% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 31% | 41% |
| 39% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 41% |
| 13% | 13% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 22% |
| 6.8 | 7.9 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 12.8 | 13.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.2 | 12 |
| 5.8 | 7.1 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.9 | 5 |
| 34% | 37% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | 29% |
| 12.2 | 11.3 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.4 | 10.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
- 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 Universitario have scored away.
- Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals (27) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have the the best goal difference (+15) in Primera Division
- Universitario have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Primera Division
- Universitario have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Primera Division
- Universitario is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Atletico Grau | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | Universitario | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Alianza Lima | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| 5 | Melgar | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Cesar Vallejo | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Sport Huancayo | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 8 | UTC Cajamarca | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Cienciano | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Deportivo Binacional | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 17 |
| 11 | Alianza Atletico | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | ADT | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Sport Boys | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Academia Cantolao | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Carlos Manucci | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -13 | 11 |
| 16 | Ayacucho | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 10 |
| 17 | Deportivo Municipal | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 10 |
| 18 | Carlos Stein | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -14 | 5 |
| 19 | Universidad San Martin | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -25 | 4 |
