This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Patronato at Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella when the Copa Libertadores tournament arrives in town and Melgar with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Melgar have to travel 2600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
The hosts Patronato saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Primera B Nacional. This match was also played here at Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Melgar have had more rest.
Patronato form and stats
The spoils were shared in Patronato's previous game, also at home. Visiting Nueva Chicago travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
A strong away win before that one, visiting All Boys and winning 1-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Patronato have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 5 and lost 7.
Patronato are traveling soon after this match as the Primera B Nacional match at San Martin Tucuman awaits in three days.
Melgar form and stats
There's been little loot from Melgar's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Primera Division. Melgar only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 4 draws.
Melgar are travelling after their nice 5-0 home win in the fixture against Academia Cantolao. As mentioned above, Melgar was the only team on the pitch versus Academia Cantolao in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Cuesta, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.83. Cuesta scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.
A 3-3 draw at Alianza Atletico's stadium before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Melgar playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Melgar win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Melgar manager Russo as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Union Comercio.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Melgar as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. Melgar have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Valdez Chamorro 3 goals |  L. Iberico Robalino 3 goals | B. Cuesta 3 goals |
Patronato missing players
Melgar missing players
| Patronato | Melgar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 27 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 32% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 26% | ||
| 10.6 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.1 | ||
| 4 | 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 | Atletico Nacional | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Melgar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 4 | Patronato | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Universitario | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Carlos Manucci | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Garcilaso | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 5 | Cesar Vallejo | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Sporting Cristal | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Deportivo Municipal | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Atletico Grau | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Deportivo Garcilaso | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | Cienciano | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Alianza Atletico | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | ADT | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Sport Huancayo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | UTC Cajamarca | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 | Union Comercio | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Melgar | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 17 | Deportivo Binacional | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 18 | Sport Boys | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -11 | 8 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 21 | -24 | 3 |
