It's time to decide the outcome of the Copa Sudamericana Quarter-finals meeting between Peñarol and Sporting Cristal. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
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 4100 kilometers to play this game.
Peñarol form and stats
Peñarol participated in Copa Sudamericana the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Campeón del Siglo as Peñarol have scored 16 goals to get 18 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Primera Division are 5-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Copa Sudamericana, Peñarol has performed like this (both home and away): 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Peñarol are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
The Peñarol goalkeeper Kevin Emiliano Dawson Blanco is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 306 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera Division.
Peñarol's last game was hosting Progreso and winning 1-0. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of J. Larriera Dibarboure when Agustín Álvarez Martínez scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Sporting Cristal.There will be little rest for Peñarol after this match as they are travelling to Sud America for a Primera Division game in only two days.
Goals decide football matches and Peñarol are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 8 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Peñarol have only let in 4 goals at home.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
They also participated in Copa Sudamericana last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Sporting Cristal are happy with their away performances in the Primera Division so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Sudamericana stats, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.
Cristal's previous game was their home loss versus César Vallejo (0-1). Omar Merlo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.43. Merlo hit one key pass and won 6 of 11 duels.
A loss against Peñarol was the result prior to that, in a Copa Sudamericana home game.Sporting Cristal have another game that requires travelling in just three nights, a Primera Division game versus Deportivo Binacional. A gruelling diary for the guests!
The Sporting Cristal manager R. Mosquera Vera has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. Sporting Cristal have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other earlier on this match year: Sporting Cristal - Peñarol 1-3. Data for the last three meetings between these two sides are: two wins for Peñarol, one draw and zero wins for Sporting Cristal. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  A. Álvarez Martínez 8 goals |   A. Hohberg González 7 goals | C. Gonzáles Crespo 5 goals |
Peñarol missing players
Sporting Cristal missing players
| Peñarol | Sporting Cristal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 47 | 32 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 42% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plaza Colonia | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | Peñarol | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Nacional | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 24 |
| 5 | River Plate | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Torque | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Cerrito | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | Cerro Largo | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Wanderers | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Sud America | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 11 | Rentistas | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -7 | 16 |
| 12 | Fenix | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Deportivo Maldonado | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 13 |
| 14 | Boston River | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Progreso | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 16 | Villa Espanola | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 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 | Alianza Lima | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Carlos Manucci | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Melgar | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 12 |
| 4 | César Vallejo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Universitario | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Sporting Cristal | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Deportivo Municipal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Alianza Universidad | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Deportivo Binacional | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Ayacucho | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Sport Boys | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Cienciano | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | UTC Cajamarca | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Real Garcilaso | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Alianza Atletico | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 16 | Sport Huancayo | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Academia Cantolao | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 2 |
| 18 | Universidad San Martin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 1 |