Melgar vs Universitario betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on July 31st, 2024

Melgar and Universitario will play on Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 in a Primera Division game to be held in Peru, check the Melgar vs Universitario betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Where to follow the live game

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Stadium and City where Melgar vs Universitario will occur

The game is set to be played in the great Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín stadium, in the city of Arequipa, with a capacity for 60000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Introduction to the Melgar vs Universitario betting tip 2024

Melgar come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Alianza Atlético, valid for the Primera Division, ended with a 3-1. The team coached by M. Valencia Pacheco entered the field in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Primera Division, Universitario, who used a 3-1-4-2 formation, faced the Alianza Lima team with a final score of 2-1.

The last time these teams met was for a Primera Division match, on 18-02-2024, referring to the 2024 season, which ended with a victory of the Universitario team by 2-0.

Last time these teams faced each other, Universitario occupied 2nd place in Primera Division and, team Melgar the 13th place. Universitario entered the field with the tactic 3-5-2, while Melgar arranged their formation in a 3-5-1-1.

The last time these two teams faced off, neither team had a decisive advantage.

L. Soto and F. Coronado will be supporting from the sideline while J. Cartagena will be on the football field for this match.

Melgar

Leveraging their home advantage in this match, the team will strive to maximize their points tally at the beginning of the championship. Under the guidance of coach Marco Antonio Valencia Pacheco, the team will take to the field with a single-minded focus on securing victory. With the majority of playing time spent on the attack, there is a strong likelihood of an elevated number of corner kicks, presenting an enticing market opportunity.

Current leaderboard

Melgar comes to this round 4 of this local league Clausura tournament holding the 4 position in the table, with 6 points collected. Previously, in the Apertura phase, the team finished the qualification round occupying the 3 place.

Melgar play in front of their fans for the second time this season. They beat César Vallejo the first time by 5-2.

The Melgar team finds that the best way to control the match is to reach 54.47% possession on average. Teams that overcome the 50% possession mark tend to gain ascendancy in the game.

Universitario

As the visiting team in this fixture, Universitario will seek to earn a draw in the game and avoid falling behind by a significant margin at the start of the tournament. To achieve this aim, Fabián Bustos' team is likely to adopt a more defensive strategy, potentially resulting in a low number of goals conceded or a high number of cards issued during the match.

Current leaderboard

Universitario comes to this round 4 of this local league Clausura tournament holding the 2 position in the table, with 7 points collected. Previously, in the Apertura phase, the team finished the qualification round occupying the 1 place.

The team plays as a visitor once again in the tournament. In the Universitario first match as a visitor, they played against Atlético Grau and left the field with a draw, with a score of 1-1.

Bet suggestions for this game:

As we are at the beginning of the competition, there is still little data to be studied, that allows suggestions for good bets. However, it is important to note that, usually, in the first games of a tournament, the matches have goals in the first half. The teams are still getting familiar, and there is no interest in maintaining any specific result due to the leaderboard.

Corners market betting suggestions

Although the sample is still small, and therefore less accurate, due to the tournament being in the initial rounds, it is already possible to have an average of corners won by these teams. Adding the number of corner shots of these two teams, we reach an average of 5.08 per game.

Cards market betting suggestions

It is also challenging to get a precise average about the number of cards that the teams receive during the matches; however, so far, Melgar has received 38 yellow cards and 3 reds in 17 matches contested. At the same time, Universitario was cautioned with yellow cards in 32 opportunities and red 2 times in 17 games.

Score market betting suggestions

A good betting parameter could be the number of goals scored and conceded by both teams at the start of the championship round. Melgar didn't score any goal in the last round of the competition and conceded in 19 opportunities, while Universitario scored 32 times and conceded 7 goals as well.

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