On Sunday night, Alianza Atletico hosts Melgar at the Estadio Municipal Melanio Coloma Calderon in the Peru Primera Division, as the visitors look to maintain their excellent recent league form.
The home team has endured an inconsistent league campaign so far this season. They currently sit in sixth place in the standings. Their recent form has been concerning, as they have won just one of their last six matches in the Primera Division. To make matters worse, Atletico has lost four of those six league matches.
Although their last two Primera Division games have produced under 1.5 goals, their previous five league matches had all produced over 2.5 goals.
Alianza Atletico’s form may have been poor of late, but they have been hard to beat on home soil. In fact, they have lost just one of their previous eight home games in the Primera Division. Mario Viera’s team has also scored at least two goals in five of their last seven league matches at home.
The visitors are currently top of the Apertura table but are just three points clear of their closest rivals Sport Huancayo. Melgar’s recent league form has been excellent, as they have won their previous nine league games.
The key to their current position in the standings has been their stellar defensive displays, as they have kept seven straight clean sheets in the Apertura. Those clean sheets have contributed to six of their last seven league games producing under 2.5 goals.
Melgar has been strong travellers in recent months, as they have won their previous four away games in the Primera Division.
Forebet predicts that Melgar will make it ten straight league victories while keeping an eighth consecutive clean sheet.