Preview
- The Apertura of the 2025 Primera División sees Universitario and Sporting Cristal clash at Estadio Monumental on 2025-05-16 (kick-off 23:00 GMT).
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between M. Barreto and Paulo Autuori.
- A view of the standings shows Universitario in 1st spot with 23 points and Sporting Cristal in 7th on 19 points.
- Universitario and Sporting Cristal will both field their strongest squads with no absentees.
- We anticipate Universitario lining up with five at the back (5-3-2), and Sporting Cristal are expected to line up in 4-3-3.
- Last time out, J. Carabalí registered the best mark for Universitario - 7.6 - and M. Távara did likewise for Sporting Cristal with an 8.2 score.
- Universitario lost 0-1 to Alianza Atlético, and Sporting Cristal were defeated 0-1 by Cerro Porteño.
- Momentum favors Sporting Cristal (3-1-1) after Universitario managed only 2-1-2 from 5 matches.
- Sporting Cristal lead this rivalry - 18 wins from 56 matches versus Universitario (who've won just 15 games), alongside 23 draws.
- Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Sporting Cristal to win 2-1, despite Universitario's 5-0-1 home form - Sporting Cristal's strong 2-1-3 record away with 2.40 goals/game does the trick.
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Universitario is going head to head with Sporting Cristal on 23/5/2025 02:00 GMT at Estadio Monumental for the Peru Primera División. You can view the match information, lineups, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Universitario v Sporting Cristal H2H statistics!