📏 Form Guide

Sporting Cristal

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Sporting Cristal will be wanting a better result here following the 6-0 Copa Libertadores defeat in their last game at the hands of Palmeiras.

In that game, Sporting Cristal had 46% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Palmeiras had 21 attempts at goal with 12 of them on target. José Manuel López (39', 45'), Veiga (64'), Paulinho (71') and Facundo Torres (80') scored for Palmeiras.

Matches featuring Sporting Cristal have usually been exciting affairs lately with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen games, a grand total of 22 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 6 of these coming from Sporting Cristal. However, time will tell if that trend will continue on in this upcoming match.

Cerro Porteno

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In the game prior to this, Cerro Porteno drew 0-0 in the Copa Libertadores tie with Estudiantes de La Plata.

In that game, Cerro Porteno managed 59% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. On the other side, Estudiantes de La Plata had 10 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

It has become apparent that Cerro Porteno have had real problems scoring goals over their previous 6 clashes, netting the poor return of only 3. In those fixtures, El Ciclón have also seen the collective goal aggregate against them equal 9.

👥 Head to head

The last league encounter between these sides was Copa Libertadores match day 5 on 14/05/2025 when the final score was Sporting Cristal 0-1 Cerro Porteno.

That time, Sporting Cristal managed 69% possession and 17 shots at goal with 7 on target.

Cerro Porteno got 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. Juan Iturbe (14') scored.

📋 Team News: Sporting Cristal

The Sporting Cristal manager does not have any fitness worries at all coming into this game with a fully injury-free group to pick from.

📋 Team News: Cerro Porteno

With a fully injury-free squad available to select from, the Cerro Porteno manager Diego Martínez has zero fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that Cerro Porteno will have to play well to find the net against this Sporting Cristal team who we reckon should be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a good battle with a 1-0 advantage for Sporting Cristal at the end of the 90.

There should be little in it.

Peter Guest, 01:00 09/04/2026