This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Sporting Cristal at Estadio Nacional de Lima when the Copa Libertadores tournament arrives in town and Rentistas with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Rentistas when visiting Cristal as the cities are 4100 kilometers apart.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
Cristal participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.4 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Sporting Cristal have to build on here at Estadio Nacional de Lima in the Primera Division. This match is a Copa Libertadores match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in this competition. In general it's been a long time since Cristal tasted defeat here at Estadio Nacional de Lima, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.
Cristal's last game was hosting Sport Huancayo and winning 2-0. Gerald Távara (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.85/10. Távara scored one goal.
Preceding that match was a Copa Libertadores defeat to Racing Club (0-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sporting Cristal as they are travelling to their away game against Cesar Vallejo in the Primera Division. That match is three days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (8 in 4 games), Cristal's attacking play is working. Sporting Cristal have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Rentistas form and stats
When we have look at the Copa Libertadores statistics, we find 0W-3D-1L. This is both home and away. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Rentistas have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 275 minutes ago. F. Perez was the goal scorer.
The manager M. Varini Di Zioli was unhappy after their last game, a Primera Division match played at their home ground Complejo Deportivo Rentistas. Rentistas suffered a 0-3 loss to Fenix.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Sao Paulo in the Copa Libertadores.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rentistas manager M. Varini Di Zioli as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Boston River.
Head 2 Head
Cristal and Rentistas have met before this season: Rentistas - Sporting Cristal 0-0.Top Goalscorers
  C. Gonzáles Crespo 3 goals |  A. Hohberg González 3 goals | O. Merlo 2 goals |
Sporting Cristal missing players
Rentistas missing players
| Sporting Cristal | Rentistas | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 48 | 20 | Scored | S | 10 | 18 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Conceded | C | 25 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 9 | ||
| 12.7 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Racing Club | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Sao Paulo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Rentistas | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -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 | Sporting Cristal | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Cesar Vallejo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Sport Huancayo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Alianza Universidad | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 6 | Sport Boys | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 7 | Deportivo Municipal | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
| 8 | Real Garcilaso | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Deportivo Binacional | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -11 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fenix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Cerrito | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Sud America | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Progreso | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Villa Espanola | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Cerro Largo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Penarol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Plaza Colonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Boston River | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Torque | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Deportivo Maldonado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | River Plate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Rentistas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |