Universitario vs Sport Boys previews for sports fans

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Competition: Sun 24.April
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Monumental (80093 seats)

Universitario are prepared for Sport Boys with faith in picking up all three points. Will they? Check our in-depth preview!

Insights:
  • Universitario have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sport Boys have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Primera Division

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

The story so far in the Primera Division for Universitario at their home stadium (Estadio Monumental) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Universitario's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Alianza Lima (placed 12th).

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Ayacucho.

On the other hand, Universitario have conceded 6 goals.

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Sport Boys form and stats

0-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sport Boys in their Primera Division matches away. Sport Boys seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Blanco scored in Boys's previous match, the home game against Ayacucho that ended 1-0. Carranza got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Carranza hit one key pass and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).

Prior to that match, the Sport Boys manager Fiori faced defeat when travelling to ADT and losing 0-3.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Boys manager Fiori has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Universitario three wins, six draws and Sport Boys one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

UniversitarioA. Valera Sandoval
A. Valera Sandoval
5 goals
UniversitarioN. Quina Asín
N. Quina Asín
4 goals
Sport BoysA. Blanco
A. Blanco
2 goals

Universitario missing players

Sport Boys missing players

Universitario Sport Boys
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
5 3 1 Won W 0 0 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 1 0 Lost L 1 4 6
17 10 3 Scored S 1 3 8
12 6 0 Conceded C 4 12 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
80% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 60%
10% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 20% 20%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 20% 10%
60% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 60%
30% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 30%
 
4.9 4.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.8 5.4
5.9 6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 5.4
2.6 1.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 3.4
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.1 12.8 16 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.2 10.2
4.7 5.6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.5
36% 36% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 20% 23%
 
9.1 9.2 7 Shots against (avg) S A 18 13.8 11.9
3.6 2.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 6.4 5.3
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • All of Sport Boys's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Universitario's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sport Boys have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sport Boys have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Sport Boys have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Primera Division
  • Sport Boys have yet to win a game away.
  • Sport Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Universitario have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Universitario have scored more than double the goals of Sport Boys.
  • 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 Cienciano 10 6 3 1 23 9 5 4 1 0 16 4 5 2 2 1 7 5 14 21
2 Sport Huancayo 8 7 0 1 17 8 3 3 0 0 6 1 5 4 0 1 11 7 9 21
3 Deportivo Municipal 10 6 2 2 21 19 5 4 1 0 8 4 5 2 1 2 13 15 2 20
4 Deportivo Binacional 10 6 1 3 17 10 5 3 1 1 10 4 5 3 0 2 7 6 7 19
5 Alianza Atlético 9 6 1 2 17 14 5 4 1 0 12 5 4 2 0 2 5 9 3 19
6 Universitario 10 5 1 4 17 12 5 3 1 1 10 6 5 2 0 3 7 6 5 16
7 Melgar 9 5 1 3 10 10 4 4 0 0 6 0 5 1 1 3 4 10 0 16
8 Sporting Cristal 9 4 3 2 19 15 5 3 2 0 17 11 4 1 1 2 2 4 4 15
9 Atlético Grau 10 3 5 2 15 12 5 2 1 2 10 8 5 1 4 0 5 4 3 14
10 Cesar Vallejo 10 3 5 2 9 8 5 3 2 0 8 3 5 0 3 2 1 5 1 14
11 ADT 10 3 4 3 9 9 5 2 2 1 6 3 5 1 2 2 3 6 0 13
12 Alianza Lima 8 3 2 3 11 9 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 11
13 Ayacucho 10 3 1 6 17 17 5 3 0 2 13 8 5 0 1 4 4 9 0 10
14 UTC Cajamarca 9 2 2 5 14 16 5 2 2 1 10 8 4 0 0 4 4 8 -2 8
15 Sport Boys 10 2 2 6 8 18 5 2 1 2 5 6 5 0 1 4 3 12 -10 8
16 Carlos Manucci 9 2 1 6 7 12 4 1 1 2 1 3 5 1 0 4 6 9 -5 7
17 Universidad San Martín 9 2 0 7 8 21 5 2 0 3 6 6 4 0 0 4 2 15 -13 6
18 Carlos Stein 9 1 2 6 6 13 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 0 0 5 3 10 -7 5
19 Academia Cantolao 9 1 2 6 8 21 5 1 0 4 4 11 4 0 2 2 4 10 -13 5

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.