19th- against 7th place might not sound all that sexy. But look: Here's the facts and figures that makes Universidad San Martín - Melgar (even) more entertaining!
- Universidad San Martín have the most conceded goals (21) in Primera Division
- Melgar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Melgar have to travel 1000 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 Sudamericana game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Cuiabá. 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.
Universidad San Martín form and stats
1 victory, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Universidad San Martín have to build on here at Estadio Universidad San Marcos in the Primera Division. 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 are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Sporting Cristal. Verón, a natural forward, was the top performer for the team in that game, earning a rating of 7.61 (out of 10). Verón scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Deportivo Binacional (0-1).With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Universidad defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Melgar form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Melgar playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.
The Melgar goalkeeper Carlos Alberto Caceda Oyaguez is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 277 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two away games in a row for Melgar, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Cuiabá in the Copa Sudamericana.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Carlos Stein.A new game in only three days for Melgar, the Copa Sudamericana home match versus River Plate. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Melgar has scored 4 and conceded 8 goals from their travels in the league so far (4 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Universidad San Martín victories, three draws and five Melgar wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Cuesta 3 goals |  G. Verón 2 goals |  J. Tuesta Macedo 1 goals |
Universidad San Martín missing players
Melgar missing players
| Universidad San Martín | Melgar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 21 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 57% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 57% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 57% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 5.6 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.9 |
| 5 | 5.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5.1 |
| 2.9 | 3.8 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.9 | 13 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.8 | 14.4 |
| 3.6 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 21% | 21% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| 15.2 | 14.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.5 | 10.4 |
| 7 | 6.2 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
- Melgar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Melgar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Universidad San Martín have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Universidad San Martín have the most conceded goals (21) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Universidad San Martín is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Binacional | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Deportivo Municipal | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Alianza Atletico | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Cienciano | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Sport Huancayo | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Universitario | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | Melgar | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Sporting Cristal | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Cesar Vallejo | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Ayacucho | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Atletico Grau | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | ADT | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | UTC Cajamarca | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Carlos Manucci | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Alianza Lima | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 16 | Carlos Stein | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 17 | Sport Boys | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 18 | Academia Cantolao | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 4 |
| 19 | Universidad San Martín | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -15 | 3 |
