19th- against 11th position might not feel all that sexy. Fear not: Here's the info that makes Universidad San Martín - Cienciano (even) more action-packed!
- Universidad San Martín have the most conceded goals (45) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Universidad San Martín form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Primera Division this season. Universidad San Martín have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Estadio Alberto Gallardo. All in all it has been a very rough period for Universidad San Martín who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. days ago.
Universidad San Martín lost their last game at Deportivo Municipal (placed 14th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfielder Tuesta was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.12 (out of ten) in that game. Tuesta hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Cesar Vallejo that ended 1-1.A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 11 most recent league games shows that 10 of them had at least one goal from each side.
Universidad has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Universidad San Martín have allowed the opposition to score 18 goals here at Estadio Alberto Gallardo.
Cienciano form and stats
There's been little loot from Cienciano's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Primera Division. Cienciano only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. It's all red in the travel logs of Cienciano, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
Rinaldi (2), Sandoval, Ugarriza (2) and Carando scored in Cienciano's previous match, the home game against Carlos Stein that ended 6-2. Eureka; their first win in the league after six games not winning. As mentioned above, Cienciano was the only team on the pitch versus Carlos Stein in their previous game, winning 6-2. This could be a tougher task. Attacker Ugarriza got a player rating of 9.82 in the game. "Man of the match" Ugarriza scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-3 defeat away at Academia Cantolao before that.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cienciano as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. Cienciano's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Cienciano - Universidad San Martín 5-3 was the story when these two teams last did battle, earlier this season. Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two squads are: one win for Universidad, two draws and seven wins for Cienciano. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Carando 16 goals |   A. Rojas Castilla 12 goals |  K. Sandoval Laynes 11 goals |
Universidad San Martín missing players
Cienciano missing players
| Universidad San Martín | Cienciano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 24 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 37 | 21 | 7 | Scored | S | 8 | 18 | 59 |
| 82 | 28 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 24 | 44 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | 91% |
| 89% | 82% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 59% | 66% |
| 63% | 47% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | 49% |
| 49% | 35% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 40% |
| 26% | 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 18% | 26% |
| 60% | 59% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 51% |
| 11% | 24% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 29% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 29% | 26% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.4 | 5.8 |
| 6 | 6 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.8 | 4.1 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 8.3 | 8.9 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 11.8 | 14.8 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
| 29% | 30% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | 33% |
| 14.5 | 12.8 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 11.4 | 10 |
| 6 | 5.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4 |
- Cienciano have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Universidad San Martín have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Universidad San Martín have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the most conceded goals (45) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the most conceded goals in the second half (52) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the the worst goal difference (-29) 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 | Sporting Cristal | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 38 |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Atletico Grau | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Melgar | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 33 |
| 5 | Cesar Vallejo | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Universitario | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 7 | UTC Cajamarca | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Sport Huancayo | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | ADT | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Alianza Atletico | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Cienciano | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Sport Boys | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Deportivo Binacional | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| 14 | Deportivo Municipal | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Academia Cantolao | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 18 |
| 16 | Ayacucho | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 | Carlos Mannucci | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -16 | 13 |
| 18 | Carlos Stein | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -24 | 6 |
| 19 | Universidad San Martín | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 27 | -29 | 6 |
