Get ready for the return leg of the Copa Libertadores 2nd Round between Sporting Cristal and Barcelona. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Primera Division match only four days ago. This match was also played here at Estadio Nacional de Lima. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Barcelona have had more rest.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
Sporting Cristal was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Copa Libertadores.Sporting Cristal have collected 3 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 1-0-0.
A nice win for Sporting Cristal last time playing, versus Real Garcilaso. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with K. Sandoval and E. Herrera scoring for the victors. Prior to that, an away loss at Barcelona in the Copa Libertadores.
There will be little rest for Sporting Cristal after this match as they are travelling to Melgar for a Primera Division game in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sporting Cristal at home in the league. 3 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Barcelona form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Progreso in order to reach 2nd Round of Copa Libertadores. Barcelona's mission in Copa Libertadores last season failed in the 2nd round.7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Barcelona playing as the away team in the Liga Pro this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
The attacking players of Barcelona have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 224 minutes.
The supporters enjoyed Barcelona's previous game versus Sporting Cristal, a Copa Libertadores 4-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Progreso in the Copa Libertadores.
As you can tell from the results above, Barcelona was very dominant against Sporting Cristal, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Gabriel Marques, Jonatan Álvez and Fidel Martínez (2) providing the goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Barcelona are hosting Tecnico Universitario in the Liga Pro only three days away.
Barcelona are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Barcelona have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Barcelona - Sporting Cristal 4-0 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  K. Sandoval Laynes 1 goals |  E. Herrera 1 goals |  W. Corozo Becerra 1 goals |
Sporting Cristal missing players
Barcelona missing players
| Sporting Cristal | Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 39 | 25 | Scored | S | 16 | 39 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 7 | ||
| 335 | 184 | Total Shots | T S | 107 | 230 | ||
| 138 | 73 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 118 | ||
| 28% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 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 Universidad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Universitario | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Carlos Manucci | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | UTC Cajamarca | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Cienciano | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Melgar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Deportivo Binacional | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Sport Boys | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Sporting Cristal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Sport Huancayo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Academia Cantolao | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Ayacucho | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Universidad San Martín | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Cesar Vallejo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Deportivo Municipal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Alianza Lima | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Atletico Grau | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 | Real Garcilaso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Carlos Stein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 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 | Macará | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 30 | 62 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 55 |
| 3 | Universidad Catolica | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 53 |
| 4 | Delfin | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 53 |
| 5 | Independiente del Valle | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 52 |
| 6 | LDU Quito | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 49 |
| 7 | Aucas | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 4 | 49 |
| 8 | Emelec | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 46 |
| 9 | El Nacional | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 45 |
| 10 | Deportivo Cuenca | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -2 | 43 |
| 11 | Olmedo | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 27 | -10 | 34 |
| 12 | Guayaquil City | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 31 | -13 | 31 |
| 13 | Mushuc Runa | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -22 | 30 |
| 14 | Tecnico Universitario | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 40 | 60 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 30 | -20 | 29 |
| 15 | America de Quito | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 27 | -15 | 25 |
| 16 | Fuerza Amarilla | 30 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 74 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 40 | -50 | 11 |