A brief look at the Primera Division table suggest an upper hand to Sporting Cristal when they visit Unión Comercio. However; let's wait for the game before points are handed out!
- Unión Comercio have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sporting Cristal have yet to win a game away.
5-3-1 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sporting Cristal when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those nine matches are 19-6 (scored/conceded).
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Unión Comercio and Sporting Cristal should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Unión Comercio form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Unión Comercio have to build on here at Estadio Municipal Carlos Vidaurre García in the Primera Division. When Unión Comercio hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Real Garcilaso, Alianza Lima, Universitario, Carlos Manucci and Cesar Vallejo), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Unión Comercio, who played 1-1 against Melgar. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Municipal Carlos Vidaurre García). Neira, who plays in attack, was the declared top player for the team in that game, collecting a rating of 8.32 (out of 10). Neira hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Carlos Manucci.The Unión Comercio fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 0 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Cristal has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to UTC Cajamarca for a 1-1 draw. As mentioned above, Sporting Cristal drew the match against UTC Cajamarca. Manager Nunes brought on Sosa to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. The attacker Hohberg got a match rating of 7.43 in that game. Hohberg hit three key passes.
Before that match, the win at home against The Strongest in the Copa Libertadores (1-0).
Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's last 11 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Primera Division trip to Deportivo Binacional.
Sporting Cristal have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Cristal have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Unión Comercio-Sporting Cristal H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Unión Comercio three wins, Sporting Cristal four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. de Jesús Pabón 4 goals |  B. Varanda de Oliveira 3 goals |  A. Hohberg González 3 goals |
Unión Comercio missing players
Sporting Cristal missing players
| Unión Comercio | Sporting Cristal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 22 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 85% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 54% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 23% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.4 | 7 |
| 7.5 | 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.1 | 15 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 9.6 | 11.9 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 26% | 30% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 24% | 25% |
| 16.2 | 13.2 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 17.4 | 13.3 |
| 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 3.6 |
- All of Sporting Cristal's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sporting Cristal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Sporting Cristal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Cristal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sporting Cristal have yet to win a game away.
- Sporting Cristal haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Alianza Lima | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | Universitario | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | Real Garcilaso | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 4 | Carlos Manucci | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | Cesar Vallejo | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | Sporting Cristal | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Sport Huancayo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Deportivo Municipal | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Deportivo Garcilaso | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | Cienciano | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Atletico Grau | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 16 |
| 12 | Alianza Atletico | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | ADT | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 14 | UTC Cajamarca | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Unión Comercio | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Melgar | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 17 | Deportivo Binacional | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -8 | 9 |
| 18 | Sport Boys | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -13 | 8 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 21 | -23 | 6 |
