Match Report
The table read 5th (Sporting Cristal, 16 pts) against 2nd (Deportivo Garcilaso, 19 pts), 3 points apart. On recent form Sporting Cristal sat only 23rd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Sporting Cristal 1.89 scored and 1 conceded per game, Deportivo Garcilaso 1.56 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.38.
Deportivo Garcilaso had not lost in 6 games. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Sporting Cristal against 13/15 for Deportivo Garcilaso.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 5 for Sporting Cristal, 0 for Deportivo Garcilaso and 2 drawn, at 3.57 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Estadio Alberto Gallardo (capacity 20,500). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Sporting Cristal: Martín Távara (52')
Key stats
Possession: Sporting Cristal 67% · Deportivo Garcilaso 33% · Total shots: 18-4 · On target: 6-0 · Corners: 10-3