Peruvian league winners clash in major rivalry

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Competition: Peru Primera Division
Date: Sun 13.October
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Monumental (80093 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Universitario have their presumed home advantage while Sporting Cristal are ahead 9 points in the Primera Division table.

Club Universitario de Deportes and Sporting Cristal have dominated Peruvian football together with Alianza Lima, claiming most of the league championships. These three teams are all major rivals and all encounters with any two of the three is considered a major derby and a big event in Peruvian football.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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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 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Universitario here at Estadio Monumental, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Universitario drew their last game, 0-0 away at Sport Boys. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Alianza Lima in a game that was won 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Universitario handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D2-L2.

A decent goal production from Universitario in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Universitario defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Sporting Cristal form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Primera Division, are W2-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division.

Sporting Cristal won their last game, 3-0 versus Real Garcilaso played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus UTC Cajamarca that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Sporting Cristal have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were W0-D3-L3.

The attacking power of Sporting Cristal when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Sporting Cristal are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Sporting Cristal - Universitario 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Universitario 3 wins, 6 draws and Sporting Cristal 1 victory. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

C. Palacios
12 goals / 2 assists
A. Hohberg
7 goals / 7 assists
E. Herrera
5 goals / 3 assists

Universitario missing players

Sporting Cristal missing players

Universitario Sporting Cristal
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
13 8 2 Won W 1 4 15
7 3 0 Drew D 2 5 7
7 2 2 Lost L 1 4 5
35 21 5 Scored S 3 14 47
30 14 8 Conceded C 3 13 23
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 93%
63% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 78%
41% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 44%
26% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 26%
15% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 15%
48% 54% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 46% 48%
37% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 44%
26% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 15%
 
4.7 4.2 3.8 Corners For (avg) C F 4.2 5.2 5.6
6 6.1 7.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.5 4.5 4
2.4 2 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.5 2.3
3 1 1 Red Cards R C 1 2 4
Key stats This season:
  • Sporting Cristal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Universitario have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Universitario
All Copa Libertadores Primera Division Club Friendlies
All Home Away
08-09-19 PD Alianza Universidad 0 - 1 Universitario
15-09-19 PD Universitario 2 - 0 Deportivo Binacional
22-09-19 PD Sport Huancayo 0 - 1 Universitario
29-09-19 PD Universitario 1 - 0 Alianza Lima
06-10-19 PD Sport Boys 0 - 0 Universitario
13-10-19 PD Universitario 01:00 Sporting Cristal
20-10-19 PD Cesar Vallejo 21:00 Universitario
27-10-19 PD Universitario 02:00 Academia Cantolao
03-11-19 PD Deportivo Municipal 20:30 Universitario
10-11-19 PD Universitario - Ayacucho
Sporting Cristal
All Copa Libertadores Primera Division Club Friendlies Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
08-09-19 PD Sporting Cristal 1 - 1 Academia Cantolao
15-09-19 PD Deportivo Municipal 0 - 1 Sporting Cristal
22-09-19 PD Sporting Cristal 1 - 0 Ayacucho
28-09-19 PD UTC Cajamarca 1 - 1 Sporting Cristal
06-10-19 PD Sporting Cristal 3 - 0 Real Garcilaso
13-10-19 PD Universitario 01:00 Sporting Cristal
20-10-19 PD Sporting Cristal 16:15 Molinos El Pirata
27-10-19 PD Universidad San Martín 18:30 Sporting Cristal
03-11-19 PD Sporting Cristal 16:00 Carlos Manucci
10-11-19 PD Melgar - Sporting Cristal

  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 Binacional 17 12 0 5 44 23 9 8 0 1 27 8 8 4 0 4 17 15 21 36
2 Sporting Cristal 17 9 5 3 28 13 9 7 1 1 21 7 8 2 4 2 7 6 15 32
3 César Vallejo 17 9 2 6 25 21 9 7 2 0 15 5 8 2 0 6 10 16 4 29
4 Deportivo Municipal 17 7 7 3 27 20 9 5 4 0 16 6 8 2 3 3 11 14 7 28
5 Alianza Lima 17 7 5 5 30 24 9 5 3 1 19 12 8 2 2 4 11 12 6 26
6 Real Garcilaso 17 7 5 5 19 15 8 4 3 1 11 6 9 3 2 4 8 9 4 26
7 Ayacucho 17 7 4 6 26 23 8 5 2 1 15 5 9 2 2 5 11 18 3 25
8 UTC Cajamarca 17 6 7 4 26 24 8 5 3 0 17 7 9 1 4 4 9 17 2 25
9 Academia Cantolao 17 6 7 4 18 17 9 3 3 3 10 13 8 3 4 1 8 4 1 25
10 Sport Huancayo 17 6 6 5 22 23 9 4 1 4 10 13 8 2 5 1 12 10 -1 24
11 Melgar 17 6 5 6 26 25 8 3 3 2 12 11 9 3 2 4 14 14 1 23
12 Universitario 17 6 5 6 25 27 8 4 2 2 14 12 9 2 3 4 11 15 -2 23
13 Alianza Universidad 17 5 7 5 18 18 9 4 4 1 13 8 8 1 3 4 5 10 0 22
14 Carlos Manucci 17 4 4 9 22 27 8 3 2 3 16 15 9 1 2 6 6 12 -5 16
15 Unión Comercio 17 3 6 8 15 21 8 2 3 3 8 6 9 1 3 5 7 15 -6 15
16 Universidad San Martín 17 3 6 8 13 32 8 3 4 1 10 8 9 0 2 7 3 24 -19 15
17 Molinos El Pirata 17 3 5 9 17 29 8 3 3 2 10 7 9 0 2 7 7 22 -12 14
18 Sport Boys 17 2 4 11 9 28 9 2 2 5 6 11 8 0 2 6 3 17 -19 10

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