Unión Comercio are yearning to add to their goals scored at their own arena in this upcoming match against Melgar.
- Unión Comercio have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Melgar have yet to win a game away.
Melgar play their home fixtures on grass, while this match is played on artifical turf. The latest results for Melgar when featuring on artifical turf are 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from six matches. They have scored {10 goals} and conceded 6 times in these fixtures.
These teams have little in common geographically as Melgar have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Libertadores game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Patronato. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Unión Comercio form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Unión Comercio have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. When Unión Comercio hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Deportivo Binacional, Unión Comercio, Sport Huancayo, Academia Cantolao, UTC Cajamarca and Sport Boys), they have won 2 of 2 matches!
No payout for Comercio in their previous match, an away game at Carlos Manucci that ended in defeat 0-2. Midfield player Tello got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Tello dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Alianza Lima (1-3).The Unión Comercio fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded. Unión Comercio has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Melgar form and stats
There's been little loot from Melgar's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Primera Division. Melgar only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 4 draws. We have seen quite an interesting sequence of draws for Melgar when travelling, as their latest four away games have all ended as ties. Not since the Universitario game has the points been distributed unevenly.
Two away matches in a row for Melgar, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Patronato in the Copa Libertadores. Orzan got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, top player of the team. Orzan hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 58 successful passes (of 66 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs Academia Cantolao.Low-scoring game? 8 of this club's most recent 10 league matches have seen two goals or less.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sport Boys in just four days.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Melgar have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Melgar have put together a sequence of 12 consecutive games without losing (7-5-0) when playing Unión Comercio.The games between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. de Jesús Pabón 4 goals |  L. Iberico Robalino 3 goals | B. Cuesta 3 goals |
Unión Comercio missing players
Melgar missing players
| Unión Comercio | Melgar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 21 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 83% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 58% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 58% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 30% |
| 25% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 40% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 7.8 | 6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6 | 4.9 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 14 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.5 | 11.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 27% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 15% | 27% |
| 16.7 | 13.8 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 13.7 | 11.3 |
| 5.6 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
- Melgar have yet to win a game away.
- Unión Comercio have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Unión Comercio 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 | Universitario | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Carlos Manucci | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Garcilaso | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 5 | Cesar Vallejo | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Sporting Cristal | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Deportivo Municipal | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Atletico Grau | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Deportivo Garcilaso | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | Cienciano | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Alianza Atletico | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | ADT | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Sport Huancayo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | UTC Cajamarca | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 | Unión Comercio | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Melgar | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 17 | Deportivo Binacional | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 18 | Sport Boys | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -11 | 8 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 21 | -24 | 3 |
