Sport Boys to notch narrow victory over Cantolao

Sport Boys vs Academia Cantolao - 04/07/2023

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The Peruvian Liga 1 Clausura continues on Tuesday as Sport Boys Association welcome Academia Deportiva Cantolao to Estadio Alberto Gallardo.

Following the opening round of Clausura clashes, ninth-placed Sport Boys find themselves three points clear of 15th-placed Cantolao.

Can the hosts extend their winning start to the campaign? Or will the visitors pick up their first victory? Let’s take a closer look at both sides, starting with the hosts.

Sport Boys kicked off their Clausura campaign with a 2-1 victory over Alianza Atletico, despite seeing just 38% of the ball on their travels.

Thanks to a strong end of the Apertura campaign, Sport Boys head into Tuesday’s clash on a three-game winning streak, having claimed 1-0 victories over Sport Huancayo and Cienciano.

When you look at the bigger picture, Sport Boys have only lost one of their last six league outings, picking up four wins and one draw in the process.

Although Sport Boys finished second from bottom in the Apertura standings, they still managed to finish nine points clear of Academia Deportiva Cantolao.

As for Cantolao, they lost their opening Clausura encounter, suffering a 2-0 defeat to Sporting Cristal, despite chalking up 16 shots on home soil.

That result means that Cantolao have lost each of their last three league outings without scoring a single goal in response.

Worse still, Cantolao have failed to win any of their previous six league outings, recording three successive draws before suffering three straight defeats.

Having managed to win just two of their last 22 league matches, Cantolao will struggle to claim all three points when they visit Estadio Alberto Gallardo.

Head-to-head: Sport Boys are currently enjoying a four-game unbeaten run in this fixture, having claimed three wins and one draw since their last defeat to Cantolao.

It is also worth pointing out that Cantolao have managed to win just three of their previous 14 meetings with Sport Boys.

Team news: Sport Boys have a number of injury doubts for Tuesday, with Marico Valverde, Josimar Atoche, Dylan Caro and Oscar Pinto expected to be absent.

On the flip side, Cantolao look set to be without Mario Tajima for the foreseeable future as the winger continues to recover from injury.

When you couple the contrasting form of these two sides with Cantolao’s poor recent record in this fixture, all the signs point towards a home win.

Forebet predicts that Sport Boys will register a low-scoring victory over Cantolao, with the hosts expected to score under 1.5 goals while keeping a clean sheet.

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Pe1

Sport Boys Academia Cantolao 04/07/2023 22:30

573013

11-0

1 - 0

2.21

23°

1.53

1.53 4.00 5.25 no no no

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0 - 1(0 - 0)

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