Melgar vs Sporting Cristal betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on August 21st, 2024

Melgar and Sporting Cristal will be playing against each other on Wednesday, August 21st, 2024, in a Primera Division football game in Peru, check the Melgar vs Sporting Cristal betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Melgar vs Sporting Cristal will occur

The game will be played in the well-known Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín stadium, in the city of Arequipa, with a capacity for 60000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Melgar vs Sporting Cristal betting tip 2024

In the current edition of the Primera Division, we can see a growth in the average goals. While last season the tournament had an average of 2.53 goals per match, now the competition has an average of 2.68 goals per match.

Sporting Cristal was in 2nd place in the Primera Division while Melgar was in 8th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Sporting Cristal team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Melgar used in the match.

The last time these teams met was for a Primera Division match, on 14-03-2024, referring to the 2024 season, which ended with a victory of the Melgar team by 1-2.

Melgar come from a draw in the last match. The game against ADT, valid for the Primera Division, ended with a 1-1. The team coached by M. Valencia Pacheco entered the field in the last match with a 5-4-1 formation.

The visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Primera Division, Sporting Cristal, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Alianza Lima team with a final score of 0-0.

Melgar

Current leaderboard

Melgar comes to this round 8 of this local league Clausura tournament holding the 7th place in the table, with 10 points collected. Previously, in the Apertura phase, the team finished the qualification round occupying the 3 place.

Melgar analysis

After 7 rounds, Melgar has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 36 goals for and 19 conceded.

Melgar has one of the most efficient attacks in the league, as evidenced by their home game statistics. While the average home goals per game for all teams in the league is 1.7, Melgar scores an average of 2.11 goals per game. This highlights the team's strong offensive capability when playing at home.

By producing a possession average of 54.47%, Melgar tries to control the match. Generally, teams with possession above 50% impose dominance on their opponents.

Having a record of 8 wins versus 1 loss, and 0 draws in comparison to the 4 games they won as the visiting team, there’s no place like home for this team.

Melgar is a more offensive team than Sporting Cristal, having 1605 attacks vs. 1470 from Sporting Cristal, having scored 36 times, in comparison, Sporting Cristal converted into goal 44 times.

Best goalscorer from Melgar

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Bernardo Cuesta. The Attacker has already scored 13 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Melgar, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Sporting Cristal

Current leaderboard

Sporting Cristal comes to this round 8 of this local league Clausura tournament holding the 4th place in the table, with 12 points collected. Previously, in the Apertura phase, the team finished the qualification round occupying the 2 place.

Sporting Cristal analysis

After round 7 of Primera Division we count 44 goals scored by Sporting Cristal and 20 conceded.

Sporting Cristal boasts one of the most efficient attacks in the league, particularly in away games. The league average for goals scored by visiting teams is 0.98 per game, but Sporting Cristal scores an impressive 2.11 goals per game on the road. This demonstrates the team's effective offensive strategy as visitors.

This is a top 5 team in the Primera Division that wants to keep up with the good performances!

With a balance of 6 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw, Sporting Cristal playing away usually gives opponents slim chances of beating them.

Best goalscorer from the Sporting Cristal

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Martin Cauteruccio. Sporting Cristal owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 27 goals goals in this season.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Score market betting suggestions

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Corners market betting suggestions

The corners market can help a favorable return on your bets, the average team corners per game are 5.62 corners.

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