This is the Primera Division season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will UTC Cajamarca or Melgar get that important first win?
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
1 - 2 - 1 with 4-3. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Melgar when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Melgar play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
It's quite the trip for Melgar when visiting UTC Cajamarca as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.
UTC Cajamarca form and stats
Last season, UTC Cajamarca's league statistics were 2 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 16th position in the Primera Division. Over these 17 matches they scored 12 goals and conceded 22. Playing at home last season UTC Cajamarca managed 2-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 9 conceded.
Melgar form and stats
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Melgar have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from two fixtures.
Let's have a look at how Melgar performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 11/11 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): UTC Cajamarca two wins, four draws and Melgar four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
O. Arce Jaramillo 3 goals | K. Ruíz Rosales 2 goals | ![]() J. Sánchez Alegria 2 goals |
UTC Cajamarca missing players
Melgar missing players
| UTC Cajamarca | Melgar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2.8 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 1 | 4.8 |
| 8.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 40 | 28 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 17 | 45 |
| 13 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 31% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 83% | 47% |
| UTC Cajamarca | Last season | Melgar | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 38 | 25 | Scored | S | 25 | 55 | ||
| 46 | 16 | Conceded | C | 25 | 47 | ||
| 79% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 79% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 85% | ||
| 47% | 35% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 56% | ||
| 29% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 21% | ||
| 59% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 65% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 21% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 15% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 442 | 261 | Total Shots | T S | 182 | 414 | ||
| 142 | 83 | Shots on Target | S O | 68 | 148 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Academia Cantolao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Alianza Universidad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Atlético Grau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ayacucho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Carlos Manucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Carlos Stein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | César Vallejo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Cienciano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Deportivo Binacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Deportivo Municipal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Melgar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Real Garcilaso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sport Boys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sport Huancayo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Sporting Cristal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Universidad San Martín | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Universitario | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | UTC Cajamarca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |