Sporting Cristal Lima (home)
- Sporting Cristal Lima are unbeaten in their last 3 home games (W2, D1).
- Sporting Cristal Lima sits 8th in the Liga 1 - Apertura with 8 points from 6 games.
- Cristal comes into this game in decent form having won their last 2 in all competitions.
Sport Boys (away)
- Sport Boys have lost all 3 of their away games in the Liga 1 - Apertura this season (average 0.33 goals scored and 1.67 conceded per match).
- Sport Boys sit 17th with 5 points from as many matches.
- Sport Boys arrive at this game off the back of a 3-1 away defeat to Cienciano a day ago.
- Emilio Saba has been a spark of creativity for them and has provided 1 assist in 2 Liga 1 - Apertura appearances.
Head-to-Head
Sporting Cristal Lima have won 3 and drawn 2 of the last 5 matches between these 2 clubs.
Key Players
- Felipe Vizeu has been the focal point of Cristal’s attacking play and has netted 2 goals in 4 Liga 1 - Apertura matches so far, making him the most reliable scorer for the hosts.
- Emilio Saba has been a spark of creativity for them and has provided 1 assist in 2 Liga 1 - Apertura appearances.
Betting Insights
- Cristal are the clear favourites for this one at 1.38, but Sport Boys will look to surprise them.
- Sporting Cristal Lima have scored 6 goals in their 3 home games in the Apertura, and Sport Boys have averaged just 0.33 goals per game on the road.
- Both teams should have enough of a goal threat to get on the scoresheet here, so we’re going with both teams to score & over 2.5 total goals at 2.0 and 1.8, respectively.
Prediction
- Sporting Cristal Lima are an impressive team at home and have the better overall form than Sport Boys, who have lost all 3 of their games on the road this season.
- Jostin Alarcon is the top scorer for Sport Boys with just 1 goal in 6 games, so we think the favourites have enough quality to get the 3 points here.
