Sporting Cristal vs Cienciano

Sporting Cristal face Cienciano in the Primera División (Clausura - 17) on Saturday 14 November 2026, kick-off 21:00 UTC at Estadio Alberto Gallardo, Lima.

Sporting Cristal are 5th with 51 points from 33 games, while Cienciano are 7th with 50. That leaves Sporting Cristal 1 point ahead.

At home this season Sporting Cristal average 2.8 goals scored and 1.1 conceded per game; on the road Cienciano average 1.4 scored and 1.8 conceded. Sporting Cristal have kept 7 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times; Cienciano have 7 clean sheets and 7 blanks.

Sporting Cristal have scored 14 and conceded 8 in their last 5 matches, with 4 going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. Cienciano have scored 6 and conceded 6 in their last 5 matches, with 3 going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 2.

Sporting Cristal come into this fixture with a recent record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat, while Cienciano have 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats in the same window. Sporting Cristal currently sit 5th on 51 points, with Cienciano placed 7th on 50 points. Across the last 5 head-to-head meetings, 20 goals have been scored and both teams found the net in 5 of them. Recent head-to-head meetings average 4 goals, which supports the Over 1.5 line. The Over 1.5 Goals selection (Over 1.5) is assigned a 90.91% probability at odds of 1.1.

• Sporting Cristal have the better recent form (10 pts vs 6 pts from the last 5 matches).
• Sporting Cristal have scored 63 goals this season compared with 54 for Cienciano.
• Defensively, Sporting Cristal have conceded 48 and Cienciano have conceded 46.
• League positions: Sporting Cristal 5th, Cienciano 7th.
• The last 5 H2H meetings average 4 goals per game.
• Market rationale: goals trend supports Over 1.5.

• Sporting Cristal matches average 3.4 total goals this season and Cienciano matches 3.0.
• 5 of Sporting Cristal's last 5 matches went over 1.5 goals.
• 3 of Cienciano's last 5 matches went over 1.5 goals.
• The last 5 head-to-head meetings averaged 4.0 goals.

In the last 5 meetings, Sporting Cristal have won 2, Cienciano have won 1 and 2 ended level. The most recent, on 31 May 2026, finished Cienciano 3-2 Sporting Cristal.