Universidad San Martín are receiving Academia Cantolao for another highly important fixture after their 0-5 result versus 1st-placed Alianza Lima.
- Universidad San Martín have the most conceded goals (34) in Primera Division
- Academia Cantolao have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Primera Division
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
This promises to be an engaging match with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well refreshed since they last played a game. Game on!
Universidad San Martín form and stats
The story so far in the Primera Division for Universidad San Martín at their home stadium (Estadio Alberto Gallardo) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. It's trouble wherever Universidad are playing these days as they have suffered six straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Universidad San Martín lost their last game at Alianza Lima (placed 1st) after a 0-5 scoreline. Universidad San Martín were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Midfield player Campos got a match rating of 6.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Campos hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Universidad San Martín lost 1-5 at home to UTC Cajamarca.Lots of goals? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 latest league games with this side has contained three goals or more.
The Universidad fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Universidad San Martín have allowed the opposition to score 14 goals here at Estadio Alberto Gallardo.
Academia Cantolao form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Academia Cantolao so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-3 (win-draw-lose).
Pastorini (2) and Tellas scored in Academia Cantolao's previous match, the home game against Carlos Stein that ended 3-2. Hooray; their first victory in the league after nine rounds not winning. The attacker Pastorini got a match rating of 8.8 in that game. Pastorini scored two goals, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that match, the Academia manager Varela faced defeat when travelling to Sport Boys and losing 0-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cesar Vallejo in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Academia Cantolao as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. Academia Cantolao have conceded 9 goals in these away matches. When Academia Cantolao is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Deportivo Municipal, Carlos Stein, Carlos Manucci, Academia, Ayacucho and UTC Cajamarca.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head encounter ended Academia Cantolao - Universidad San Martín 2-2, played this season. Statistics for the prior ten meetings featuring these two squads are: five wins for Universidad, two draws and three wins for Academia Cantolao. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Rojas Castilla 11 goals |   R. Pastorini de León 6 goals |  J. Manzaneda Pineda 5 goals |
Universidad San Martín missing players
Academia Cantolao missing players
| Universidad San Martín | Academia Cantolao | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 21 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 32 | 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 29 |
| 71 | 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 47 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 87% | 90% |
| 87% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 67% |
| 63% | 47% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 47% | 53% |
| 50% | 33% | 80% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 33% |
| 27% | 13% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 53% | 53% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 53% | 50% |
| 13% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 20% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 40% |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 6.3 | 6.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.9 | 5.7 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8.4 | 9 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.5 | 9.7 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 29% | 31% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | 28% |
| 14.8 | 12.5 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13.9 | 13.2 |
| 6.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
- Academia Cantolao have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Universidad San Martín have the most conceded goals (14) at home in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the most conceded goals (34) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the most conceded goals in the second half (44) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the the worst goal difference (-23) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín 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 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Atletico Grau | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Universitario | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | Melgar | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | Cesar Vallejo | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Cienciano | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Sport Huancayo | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 |
| 9 | Deportivo Binacional | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 10 | Sport Boys | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Alianza Atletico | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | ADT | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | UTC Cajamarca | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 14 | Academia Cantolao | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Carlos Manucci | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Deportivo Municipal | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 10 |
| 17 | Ayacucho | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 7 |
| 18 | Carlos Stein | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -14 | 4 |
| 19 | Universidad San Martín | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -23 | 4 |
