Match Report
17 points for Sport Boys (4th), 16 for Sporting Cristal (5th): a 1-point gap. Sporting Cristal had been under-performing their position — 23rd on five-round form against 5th in the table. Against a league average of 1.38 goals per team per game, Sport Boys ran at 1.44 scored and 0.67 conceded, Sporting Cristal at 1.89 and 1.
Sport Boys carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this.
The head-to-head ledger counts 12 games: 0 Sport Boys wins, 8 for Sporting Cristal, 4 draws, at 2.75 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 42% of the wins in this matchup.
Estadio Miguel Grau del Callao, capacity 13,000, hosted the game. Sport Boys led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Sport Boys: Hernán Da Campo (45')
Key stats
Possession: Sport Boys 55% · Sporting Cristal 45% · Total shots: 10-7 · On target: 2-1 · Corners: 9-2