Football match preview: Universitario vs César Vallejo

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Universidad San Marcos (70000 seats)

It's advantage Universitario so far this season, with their 5th spot in the Primera Division table and eagerly waiting for César Vallejo (who are in 7th).

Insights:
  • Universitario have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • César Vallejo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Universitario form and stats

With 1 Primera Division win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Universitario are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Happy days for Universitario in their previous game, a Primera Division match away at Sport Huancayo (placed 17th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Goalkeeper José Carvallo got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.4 out of ten. Carvallo saved two (!) penalties and stopped the opponent with five saves.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Alianza Universidad and winning 4-0.

Universitario have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Universidad San Marcos with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Universitario are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 6 played).

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César Vallejo form and stats

As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, César Vallejo have produced an overall stat of 2-3-1 so far.

309 minutes! That's how long the Vallejo goalkeeper Carlos Alfonso Grados Heredia and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Vallejo are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Primera Division against Deportivo Municipal (placed 10th). Defender R. Garcés was the best team player with a rating of 8.04. Garcés won 11 of 18 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Universidad San Martin with the score of 1-0.

Vallejo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Vallejo as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Universitario wins - draws - César Vallejo wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

UniversitarioH. Novick Rattich
H. Novick Rattich
8 goals
César VallejoY. Mena Palacios
Y. Mena Palacios
7 goals
UniversitarioA. Valera Sandoval
A. Valera Sandoval
6 goals

Universitario missing players

César Vallejo missing players

Universitario César Vallejo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 5 Played P 5 11 21
9 3 3 Won W 2 5 9
8 4 1 Drew D 3 5 7
4 3 1 Lost L 0 1 5
34 14 9 Scored S 9 17 26
26 15 7 Conceded C 7 10 15
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 86%
76% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 64% 52%
57% 60% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 55% 33%
48% 50% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 36% 19%
10% 10% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 9% 5%
62% 70% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 55% 33%
33% 20% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 45% 48%
14% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 33%
 
5 5.7 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 3 3
5.2 4.5 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5 4.4
2.6 3.2 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.5 2.8
6 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
10.7 12.3 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 9.7 10
4.9 5.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.1 4
33% 27% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 38% 31%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • César Vallejo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Universitario 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 Alianza Lima 13 10 3 0 22 7 6 5 1 0 12 5 7 5 2 0 10 2 15 33
2 Sporting Cristal 12 7 3 2 29 16 6 2 2 2 13 10 6 5 1 0 16 6 13 24
3 Melgar 13 6 4 3 22 12 7 2 3 2 8 6 6 4 1 1 14 6 10 22
4 Sport Boys 13 6 4 3 16 14 6 2 3 1 8 8 7 4 1 2 8 6 2 22
5 Universitario 13 5 5 3 22 16 6 1 2 3 9 12 7 4 3 0 13 4 6 20
6 Carlos Manucci 13 6 2 5 21 19 7 1 2 4 9 13 6 5 0 1 12 6 2 20
7 César Vallejo 13 5 4 4 11 8 7 3 1 3 5 3 6 2 3 1 6 5 3 19
8 UTC Cajamarca 13 5 4 4 14 16 7 3 1 3 7 11 6 2 3 1 7 5 -2 19
9 Cienciano 13 4 6 3 20 16 6 1 3 2 6 6 7 3 3 1 14 10 4 18
10 Deportivo Municipal 13 5 3 5 17 14 6 1 3 2 6 6 7 4 0 3 11 8 3 18
11 Ayacucho 13 4 4 5 15 19 6 2 1 3 6 8 7 2 3 2 9 11 -4 16
12 Academia Cantolao 13 3 5 5 17 18 6 1 2 3 7 11 7 2 3 2 10 7 -1 14
13 Deportivo Binacional 11 4 2 5 17 20 5 2 1 2 7 9 6 2 1 3 10 11 -3 14
14 Alianza Universidad 13 3 4 6 11 22 7 1 2 4 4 13 6 2 2 2 7 9 -11 13
15 Real Garcilaso 13 3 3 7 23 27 7 2 2 3 14 14 6 1 1 4 9 13 -4 12
16 Alianza Atlético 13 3 3 7 16 28 7 2 2 3 10 13 6 1 1 4 6 15 -12 12
17 Sport Huancayo 13 1 8 4 11 16 7 1 3 3 7 11 6 0 5 1 4 5 -5 11
18 Universidad San Martin 12 0 3 9 4 20 6 0 1 5 1 10 6 0 2 4 3 10 -16 3

Read more about Primera Division

The Peruvian First Division, also known as the Primera Division or the Copa Movistar, is the top level of football in Peru. Seasons run from February to December with 18 teams playing 44 fixtures each to create a final league table. Universitario, Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal are by far the dominant winner of this league since it was founded in 1912.