Sporting Cristal and River Plate get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Copa Libertadores Group Stage fixture.
It's quite the trip for River Plate when visiting Cristal as the cities are 3800 kilometers apart.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Superliga game only four days ago.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the group stage.Sporting Cristal are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Nacional de Lima. 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
The Sporting Cristal supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Real Garcilaso and win 3-2. The force was strong with Sporting Cristal in their previous game playing Real Garcilaso. It looked dark when they went behind 0-2 but thanks to goals from Hohberg and Brenner (2) the match ended with a very strong 3-2 win. The versatile forward Hohberg outperformed all others in that match and received a match rating of 8.65 out of 10. Hohberg scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that match, a Primera Division win away at Deportivo Binacional.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sporting Cristal as they are travelling to their away game against Sport Huancayo in the Primera Division. That match is three days after this one.
The Cristal fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. Sporting Cristal have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
River Plate form and stats
River was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the round of 16 last season, when Velez Sarsfield turned out to be too strong.As the visiting team in league matches, River Plate have produced an overall stat of 0-0-0 so far.
River Plate won their last game, 2-1 versus Platense played at home. The attacker Borja got a match rating of 7.44 in that game. Borja scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Talleres Córdoba's place.River Plate have another match away from home in just four nights, a Superliga fixture against Velez Sarsfield. A grim timetable for them!
Head 2 Head
Sporting Cristal and River Plate have faced off earlier this season: River Plate - Cristal 4-2.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Varanda de Oliveira 6 goals |  A. Hohberg González 6 goals | L. Sosa Toranza 5 goals |
Sporting Cristal missing players
River Plate missing players
| Sporting Cristal | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 19 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 48 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 5.8 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 7 | ||
| 11.8 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.4 | 16.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 33% | ||
| 14.7 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 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 | Fluminense | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | The Strongest | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 4 | River Plate | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 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 | Alianza Lima | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 36 |
| 2 | Universitario | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 31 |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 28 |
| 4 | Carlos Mannucci | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Real Garcilaso | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Sport Huancayo | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Deportivo Garcilaso | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 8 | César Vallejo | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Cienciano | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Atletico Grau | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 11 | Alianza Atletico | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Melgar | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | Deportivo Municipal | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 14 | UTC Cajamarca | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | ADT | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Deportivo Binacional | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | Union Comercio | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 14 |
| 18 | Sport Boys | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -14 | 12 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 22 | -23 | 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 | Fluminense | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | The Strongest | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 4 | River Plate | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 3 |
