Universitario welcome Cienciano for another entertaining Primera Division fixture here at Estadio Monumental.
- Cienciano have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Primera Division
It's quite the trip for Cienciano when visiting Universitario as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Universitario and Cienciano should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Universitario form and stats
Universitario have collected 9 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 3-0-1.
Universitario's last game was hosting ADT (after extra-time) (placed 13th) and winning 3-1. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Herrera, having found the net in three matches in a row. The gifted forward Urruti outshone all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 9.41 out of 10. Urruti scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that match, a win away at Deportivo Binacional (after extra-time).The Universitario manager Lurachi has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league. From these home matches, Universitario have conceded only 3 goals.
Cienciano form and stats
Cienciano are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primera Division, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
The supporters enjoyed Cienciano's previous match versus Union Comercio (after extra-time) (placed 10th), a 3-1 win played at home. Garcés, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.73. Garcés scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, the Cienciano manager de Jesús faced defeat when travelling to Academia Cantolao (after extra-time) and losing 0-1.Cienciano's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Universitario won six games, one match ended with a draw and Cienciano got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Garcés Acosta 4 goals |   L. Urruti Giménez 3 goals |  E. Herrera 2 goals |
Universitario missing players
Cienciano missing players
| Universitario | Cienciano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 57% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 4.3 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.7 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 10.8 |
| 5 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 31% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 42% |
| 9.4 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 11.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.5 |
- Cienciano have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Primera Division
| 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 Garcilaso | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Cesar Vallejo | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Universitario | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Alianza Lima | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Alianza Atletico | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Carlos Manucci | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Sport Huancayo | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Cienciano | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | Union Comercio | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Real Garcilaso | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Atletico Grau | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 13 | ADT | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Sport Boys | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Deportivo Municipal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | UTC Cajamarca | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Academia Cantolao | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -11 | 3 |
| 18 | Deportivo Binacional | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 1 |
| 19 | Melgar | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
