Sporting Cristal Lima (home)
- Sporting Cristal Lima are unbeaten at home in Liga 1 2025, winning 4 and drawing 2 of 6 matches.
- Sporting Cristal’s average of 2.33 goals scored per-match at home is more than enough to overcome their 0.33 goals conceded per-match, which is an important point when considering the Sporting Cristal Lima vs Universitario de Deportes betting tips.
Universitario de Deportes (away)
- Universitario de Deportes have won 4 and drawn 2 of their 6 away fixtures in Liga 1 2025.
- Sitting top of Liga 1 2025 with 30 points from 12 games, Universitario de Deportes are 11 points better off than their city rivals Sporting Cristal Lima who are 4th on 19 points from 11 matches - a key factor in this Sporting Cristal Lima vs Universitario de Deportes prediction.
- Jorge Fossati was reappointed as Universitario de Deportes manager in May 2025 and has immediately set about creating a compact, patient team which is solid at the back and dangerous on the counter-attack.
- UdeP have averaged 1.67 goals per away match in Liga 1 2025, but have conceded just 0.67 per away match and will be much harder to break down than most of the teams they face on the road.
Head-to-Head
However, Universitario have not won on either of their previous 2 visits to Sporting Cristal Lima, while both teams have won 1 apiece in the 2 head-to-head matchups this season, which should be considered for anyone looking at Sporting Cristal Lima vs Universitario de Deportes betting tips.
Key Players
- Leandro Sosa has netted 4 times in 11 Liga 1 2025 appearances, which is enough to make him Sporting Cristal’s top scorer.
- Alex Valera is on a hot streak with 7 goals in 10 games, netting 4 of his last 5 for Universitario de Deportes.
Betting Insights
- Slight favorites Universitario de Deportes are therefore great value at 2.29 with Sporting Cristal 3.27.
- Leaning on the Under 2.5 goals market at 1.62 also seems wise given both of these teams have very good defensive records.
Prediction
Universitario de Deportes are in far superior form at the moment, winning both of their last 2 away games and keeping clean sheets in each, so we’re going with the away team to narrowly edge out Sporting Cristal in this one.
