Struggling Universidad San Martín will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sporting Cristal in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Universidad and Sporting Cristal.
Universidad San Martín form and stats
With 2 Primera Division wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Universidad San Martín are certainly not brimming with confidence.
It's back home for Universidad, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Carlos Stein away with the result 2-0. Werner Schuler and Saúl Salas found the net in that victory. Ahead of that match, Universidad lost 0-2 at home to Deportivo Binacional.
There will be little rest for Universidad after this match as they are travelling to Atletico Grau for a Primera Division game in only four days.
The Universidad fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (26) away in Primera Division, on their Primera Division travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Melgar game have they lost an away game, meaning Cristal has taken points from ten away matches in a row. Sporting Cristal have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
It's the second away game in a row for Sporting Cristal, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Atletico Grau in the Primera Division last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Carlos Stein.
A quick return to home after this game, as Cristal are hosting Alianza Universidad in the Primera Division only three days away.
Cristal are a potent attacking force on the road with their 26 goals in 10 league games. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sporting Cristal's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sporting Cristal - Universidad 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Universidad San Martín victories, one draw and seven Sporting Cristal wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Herrera 15 goals |  W. Corozo Becerra 6 goals | C. Olivares Burga 5 goals |
Universidad San Martín missing players
Sporting Cristal missing players
| Universidad San Martín | Sporting Cristal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 13 | 33 | 46 |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 26 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 73% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 73% |
| 41% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 55% |
| 18% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 58% | 36% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 58% | 36% |
| 50% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 68% |
| 23% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 23% |
| 36% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 262 | 114 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 60 | 170 | 294 |
| 110 | 53 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 82 | 129 |
| 21% | 21% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 40% | 36% |
- Sporting Cristal has the most scored goals (26) away in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal has the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Primera Division
- Sporting Cristal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Cristal have scored at least twice as many goals away as Universidad San Martín have scored home.
- Universidad San Martín has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Primera Division
- Universidad San Martín have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 42 |
| 2 | Sport Huancayo | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | Cesar Vallejo | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Carlos Manucci | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | UTC Cajamarca | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Alianza Universidad | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Melgar | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | Ayacucho | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 27 |
| 10 | Cienciano | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 11 | Deportivo Binacional | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Alianza Lima | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Academia Cantolao | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Deportivo Municipal | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 15 | Real Garcilaso | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 21 |
| 16 | Universidad San Martín | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 21 |
| 17 | Sport Boys | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Carlos Stein | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -10 | 17 |
| 19 | Atletico Grau | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -17 | 11 |