Melgar have come here for an exciting fight versus the home team UTC Cajamarca. Prepare for the game with this thorough Primera Division preview!
- Melgar have the fewest scored goals (0) in Primera Division
This football stadium has artifical turf, which is not Melgar's familiar surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Melgar have performed like this: Played five matches resulting in 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats with the goal difference 10-6 (scored/conceded).
It's quite the trip for Melgar when visiting UTC Cajamarca as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.
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.
UTC Cajamarca form and stats
UTC Cajamarca have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Primera Division. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 262 minutes without scoring a league goal. Randazzo was the last player to find the net.
The Cajamarca followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio Héroes de San Ramón: A 0-1 defeat against Alianza Lima (placed 2nd). Midfield player Abisab got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Abisab hit five key passes.
Heartbreak before that as UTC Cajamarca lost 0-1 at Unión Comercio's place.Cajamarca are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Defensively UTC Cajamarca have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Melgar form and stats
No Primera Division points yet away for Melgar, from their first 3 matches.
Melgar aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 375 league minutes without a goal. Vilchez (own goal) was the last player to find the net.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Melgar, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Universitario (placed 13th). It is probably bad news for Melgar that their goalie Cáceda managed six saves in the Universitario game, but still could not save them from a loss. Midfielder Orzan was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.35. Orzan had 47 successful passes (of 54 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Sporting Cristal's place.Melgar struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): UTC Cajamarca four wins, four draws and Melgar two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Randazzo 1 goals |
UTC Cajamarca missing players
Melgar missing players
| UTC Cajamarca | Melgar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 5 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 13.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12 | 11 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| 8% | 20% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8.8 | 7.5 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 8.5 | 7 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4 | 3.7 |
- Melgar have the fewest scored goals (0) in Primera Division
- Melgar is in the worst form (0-0-3)
| UTC Cajamarca | Last season | Melgar | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 26 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 57 | 38 | Scored | S | 22 | 59 | ||
| 56 | 23 | Conceded | C | 24 | 31 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 98% | ||
| 83% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 72% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 38% | ||
| 42% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 18% | ||
| 17% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 5% | ||
| 58% | 72% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 30% | ||
| 17% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 55% | ||
| 31% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 18% | ||
| 5.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 7 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 14.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 25% | ||
| 11.8 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Cesar Vallejo | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Carlos Manucci | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Sporting Cristal | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Unión Comercio | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Real Garcilaso | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 8 | Atletico Grau | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | ADT | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Alianza Atlético | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Deportivo Municipal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Sport Huancayo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Universitario | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Cienciano | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | UTC Cajamarca | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Sport Boys | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Academia Cantolao | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -10 | 3 |
| 18 | Deportivo Binacional | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 1 |
| 19 | Melgar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
