About Match
28 points for Melgar (5th), 19 for Deportivo Garcilaso (1st): a 9-point gap. Recent form tells a different story for Melgar: only 16th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Scoring rates set the scale: Melgar 1.71 scored and 1.18 conceded per game, Deportivo Garcilaso 1.75 and 0.63, with the league averaging 1.39. A win would lift Melgar to 31 points and up to 4th, overtaking Deportivo Garcilaso (other results unchanged).
Momentum sits with Deportivo Garcilaso, winners of their last three. Recent form is uneven: 7/15 points for Melgar, 13/15 for Deportivo Garcilaso.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Melgar, 2 draws and 2 for Deportivo Garcilaso, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings. Both teams scored in 80% of the meetings.
The match takes place at Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín in Arequipa.




