About Match
7 points and 4 places separate them: Melgar 5th with 28, Comerciantes Unidos 9th with 21. Recent form tells a different story for Comerciantes Unidos: only 30th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 9th. Scoring rates set the scale: Melgar 1.71 scored and 1.18 conceded per game, Comerciantes Unidos 1.06 and 1.18, with the league averaging 1.39. A win would lift Melgar to 31 points and up to 4th (other results unchanged).
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Melgar, 3 draws and 0 for Comerciantes Unidos, at 2.4 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 80% of the meetings.
Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín in Arequipa hosts the game.