This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Melgar at Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín when the Copa Libertadores tournament arrives in town and Patronato with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Primera B Nacional game only three days ago. That game, against Agropecuario, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Patronato.
Melgar form and stats
4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Melgar so far this season.
Melgar drew their last game, also a home match. Cesar Vallejo was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Opportunity lost for Melgar in the Cesar Vallejo match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. D´Arrigo was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Cesar Vallejo after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? The gifted forward Cabrera outperformed all teammates in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.35 out of 10. Cabrera served one assist and hit two key passes.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Carlos Manucci.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Melgar matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 5 games).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Melgar as they have a new game in only four days, a Primera Division match thankfully also at home. Deportivo Binacional are visiting.
The Melgar fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. Melgar have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Patronato form and stats
It might be tough going out on the road again for Patronato, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Agropecuario.
Before that, Patronato secured a home win against Almagro with the score 1-0.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Patronato playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.
Head 2 Head
Melgar and Patronato have met already this season: Patronato - Melgar 4-1. Esquivel likes to face Melgar and have scored 2 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Iberico Robalino 5 goals | B. Cuesta 5 goals | T. Martínez 3 goals |
Melgar missing players
Patronato missing players
| Melgar | Patronato | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Scored | S | 7 | 28 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13.5 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 26% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 35% | ||
| 10.4 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Nacional | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Patronato | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Melgar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alianza Lima | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 39 |
| 2 | Universitario | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 34 |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 34 |
| 4 | Real Garcilaso | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| 5 | Cesar Vallejo | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Carlos Manucci | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Deportivo Garcilaso | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Sport Huancayo | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Cienciano | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Atletico Grau | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 22 |
| 11 | Melgar | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Alianza Atletico | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Deportivo Municipal | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | UTC Cajamarca | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -6 | 21 |
| 15 | ADT | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 16 | Deportivo Binacional | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -5 | 18 |
| 17 | Union Comercio | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -16 | 18 |
| 18 | Sport Boys | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 25 | -26 | 9 |
