Universitario are thought of as probable winners of this home match versus Alianza Lima, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we in for a surprise?
- Universitario have not yet lost a game at home.
- Alianza Lima have yet to win a game away.
This is a match between two teams close to each other, usually meaning added mental strain and importance.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Libertadores. That game, against Colo-Colo, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Alianza Lima.
Universitario form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Universitario have to build on here at Estadio Monumental in the Primera Division.
Universitario enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ayacucho's place. The match ended 2-1 with Polo scoring. Romero loved the game against Ayacucho. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory.
Before that, Universitario had a home game versus ADT which ended with a victory 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Universitario have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won eight times, drawn one and lost two.
Goals decide football matches and Universitario are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. From these home matches, Universitario have conceded only 2 goals.
Alianza Lima form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Primera Division for Alianza Lima with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Alianza Lima are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Two away matches in a row for Alianza Lima, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 vs Colo-Colo in the Copa Libertadores. The attacker Benítez got a match rating of 7.22 in that game. Benítez scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against UTC Cajamarca in the Primera Division.Alianza are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, six draws and four defeats. From a total of ten matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Alianza Lima as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Alianza Lima have conceded 5 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Universitario victories, one draw and six Alianza Lima wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been hostile, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  A. Valera Sandoval 5 goals |  N. Quina Asín 4 goals |   H. Barcos 3 goals |
Universitario missing players
Alianza Lima missing players
| Universitario | Alianza Lima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 14% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 1.7 | 2.4 |
| 2.7 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 12.5 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.7 | 12 |
| 4.8 | 6 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| 37% | 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 20% | 22% |
| 8.8 | 8.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 8.7 | 6.9 |
| 3.2 | 1.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
- Alianza Lima have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Alianza Lima have yet to win a game away.
- All of Universitario's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Universitario have not yet lost a game at home.
- Universitario have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Universitario have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Universitario have scored more than double the goals of Alianza Lima.
- Universitario have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Universitario 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 | Deportivo Municipal | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | Deportivo Binacional | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | Cienciano | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 4 | Sport Huancayo | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Universitario | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Alianza Atletico | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Cesar Vallejo | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | ADT | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Melgar | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Sporting Cristal | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Atletico Grau | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Ayacucho | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | Alianza Lima | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 | UTC Cajamarca | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Carlos Manucci | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Universidad San Martin | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 6 |
| 17 | Carlos Stein | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Sport Boys | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 5 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -13 | 4 |
