Sport Boys vs Melgar betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on October 18th, 2024

Sport Boys and Melgar will be playing against each other on Friday, October 18th, 2024, in a Primera Division football game in Peru, check the Sport Boys vs Melgar betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Sport Boys vs Melgar will occur

The game takes place in the Estadio Miguel Grau del Callao stadium, in the city of Callao, with a capacity for 13000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Sport Boys vs Melgar betting tip 2024

Even though the season has turned, the Primera Division has remained quite steady in terms of goals. The average number of goals per game in the competition remains similar to that of the previous edition of the tournament. At present, teams are scoring an average of 2.62 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.53 goals per game scored during the last championship.

Melgar was in 4th place in the Primera Division while Sport Boys was in 16th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Melgar team entered the field with the 4-3-3 formation, the same tactic Sport Boys used in the match.

The last time these teams met was for a Primera Division match, on 05-05-2024, referring to the 2024 season, which ended with a victory of the Melgar team by 2-1.

Sport Boys come from a victory in the last match. The game against Unión Comercio, valid for the Primera Division, ended with a 0-2. The team coached by G. Vasquez entered the field in the last match with a 4-3-1-2 formation.

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

Teams with different capacities and aspirations.

Sport Boys

Current leaderboard

Sport Boys comes to this round 13 of this local league Clausura tournament holding the 13th place in the table, with 14 points collected. Previously, in the Apertura phase, the team finished the qualification round occupying the 12 place.

Sport Boys analysis

After 13 rounds, Sport Boys has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 20 goals so far and scored 18 times.

Recent performances have highlighted that Sport Boys is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

Being naturally stronger at home than as a visiting team, having won once away from home. At home the team proves to be better, having positive results, with 4 wins against 2 losses, and 3 draws.

Best goalscorer from Sport Boys

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Pablo Bueno. Sport Boys owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 10 goals in this season.

Melgar

Current leaderboard

Melgar comes to this round 13 of this local league Clausura tournament holding the 6th place in the table, with 22 points collected. Previously, in the Apertura phase, the team finished the qualification round occupying the 3 place.

Melgar analysis

Melgar counted 36 goals scored and 19 conceded at the end of Primera Division day number 13.

Melgar boasts one of the most efficient attacks in the league, particularly in away games. The league average for goals scored by visiting teams is 0.97 per game, but Melgar scores an impressive 2.13 goals per game on the road. This demonstrates the team's effective offensive strategy as visitors.

The average shooting on goal for the Melgar team in the league is not the best. There are only 5.82 per game. This turns out to be another good indication that the team does not usually score many goals or give much work to the opposing goalkeepers.

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

The chances of an opposing team beating Melgar are low, with the latter having a balance of 4 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws when playing away.

Melgar is in an enviable position! Having 2 wins in the Primera Division, they are the sure favorite.

With a streak of 2 wins in the Primera Division, Melgar will attempt to get good results in this game despite playing away from home, mainly because Melgar only lost twice in 8 games.

Melgar is a more offensive team than Sport Boys, having 1605 attacks vs. 1370 from Sport Boys, having scored 36 times, in comparison, Sport Boys converted into goal 18 times.

Best goalscorer from the Melgar

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack Bernardo Cuesta has held that position so far in the competition. Serving Melgar with 15 goals this season, the Attacker has been a key player in winning triumphs.

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In short, a much stronger team Melgar, better placed in the competition, that usually wins and doesn't concede goals, against an irregular Sport Boys that has difficulty converting and that comes from a sequence of balanced performances.

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

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 5.26 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

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