Get ready for the return leg of the Copa Sudamericana 8th Finals between Arsenal de Sarandi and Sporting Cristal. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
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 time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sporting Cristal, who are travelling more than 3900 kilometers to play this game.
Arsenal de Sarandi form and stats
On the other hand, in the Copa Sudamericana, Arsenal de Sarandi has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The spoils were shared in Arsenal's previous game, also at home. Visiting San Lorenzo travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Defender Mateo Carabajal got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.61/10. Carabajal scored one goal and won 6 of 10 duels.
A Copa Sudamericana defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Sporting Cristal.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Arsenal handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and three defeats.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
Sporting Cristal was sent out of Copa Sudamericana in the 8th finals last season.Playing away, Sporting Cristal have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Primera Division this season.
Two travels in a row for Cristal, whose manager R. Mosquera Vera could celebrate last time after the Primera Division win against Academia Cantolao. Alejandro Hohberg got a match rating of 8.4 in that game, top player of the team. Hohberg scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Cristal, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Arsenal de Sarandi in the Copa Sudamericana.We have checked recent matches where Cristal have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, one draw and one defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Cristal are hosting Universidad San Martin in the Primera Division only three days away.
Sporting Cristal have the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Sporting Cristal - Arsenal de Sarandi 2-1, played this season.Top Goalscorers
  A. Hohberg González 5 goals |  C. Gonzáles Crespo 4 goals | M. Riquelme 3 goals |
Arsenal de Sarandi missing players
Sporting Cristal missing players
| Arsenal de Sarandi | Sporting Cristal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Scored | S | 21 | 44 | ||
| 36 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.1 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cienciano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Melgar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Carlos Manucci | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Deportivo Municipal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | UTC Cajamarca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Alianza Atletico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Alianza Universidad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Cesar Vallejo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Deportivo Binacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Real Garcilaso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Universitario | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Academia Cantolao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Universidad San Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Ayacucho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Sport Boys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Sport Huancayo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |