It's still early in the Primera Division season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Universitario - Cienciano preview!
- Universitario have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Primera Division
- Cienciano have the most scored goals (10) in Primera Division
Universitario have less rest than Cienciano in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Libertadores game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Independiente del Valle, so at least Universitario are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Cienciano have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Universitario form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Universitario, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Primera Division, have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
In their previous game, the manager Á. Comizzo led his Universitario to a defeat in the Copa Libertadores match away at Independiente del Valle. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno. Before that match, a Primera Division win away at Alianza Atletico.
As you see from the result above, Universitario suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Universitario have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost two.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primera Division game versus UTC Cajamarca in only two days. This game is also played here at Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno.
At Estadio Municipal Iván Elías Moreno, Universitario has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Cienciano form and stats
Four points from two away games for Cienciano, meaning one draw and one victory in the Primera Division so far.
Impressive finishing from Juan Romagnoli, Abdiel Ayarza (2) and Adrián Ugarriza (2) secured the home win 5-2 against Carlos Manucci in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Ayacucho.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Carlos Manucci was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Cienciano in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Cienciano, zero draws and four defeats.
After this away game Cienciano return home for a Primera Division game against Universidad San Martin. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Cienciano has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Universitario victories, four draws and two Cienciano wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ayarza Cocanegra 3 goals |  A. Ugarriza Tello 3 goals |   H. Novick Rattich 2 goals |
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| Universitario | Cienciano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 3.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 12.8 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 42% |
- Cienciano have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have the most clean sheets (3) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have the most scored goals (10) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Primera Division
- Cienciano have the the best goal difference (+7) in Primera Division
- Cienciano is in the best form (4-1-0)
- Universitario have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Primera Division
| Universitario | Last season | Cienciano | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 28 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 52 | 22 | Scored | S | 13 | 39 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 89% | ||
| 80% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 53% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 50% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 29% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 18% | ||
| 57% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 46% | ||
| 30% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 17% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10.3 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 43% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cienciano | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Universidad San Martin | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Ayacucho | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | UTC Cajamarca | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Universitario | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Carlos Manucci | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Melgar | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Alianza Atletico | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Academia Cantolao | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 3 |