About Match
The table reads 1st (Alianza Lima, 40 pts) against 3rd (Cienciano, 33 pts), 7 points apart. On recent form Cienciano sit only 26th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Alianza Lima 1.76 scored and 0.47 conceded per game, Cienciano 2 and 1.29, with the league averaging 1.38. A win would lift Cienciano to 36 points and up to 2nd (other results unchanged).
Across 8 recorded meetings, Alianza Lima have 3 wins to Cienciano's 4, with 1 draw, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 63% of the meetings went to the host. 63% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 63%.
Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in Lima stages the fixture, a ground that holds 8,000.