Sporting Cristal vs ADT Tarma Match Preview

Sporting Cristal is ranked at the 2nd spot with 25 points and comes in a very good run after three wins and two draws over the last five duels. They are the only team that is yet to lose a game collecting 7 wins and 4 draws in 11 matches. They failed to win the Apertura for only three points but now with seven weeks left they have good chances to grab first place in Clausura starting by winning from today. This would catapult them above Alianza Lima by one point.

With 22 goals they have the best offensive sides in the league and in the last five games scored a total of 10 goals averaging two goals per game. They scored in four of these encounters and at home won three of the last five games. Once they managed to fully cover the -1 Asian handicap.

ADT Tarma, on the other hand, is ranked at 11th place with 16 points and comes in poor form after a single win three draws, and a loss over the last five duels. They have no goals left for the rest of the season and on the road won just one out of six matches played. They conceded 10 goals failing to keep a clean sheet in any of the six matches and I guess not much is expected to change here.

Even their offensive side is not doing much better with 14 goals scored making them sit in the bottom half of the league with a zero-goal difference. Three of their four wins came against teams ranked lower than them respectively at the 14th, 17th and 18th spots.

In conclusion, I think Sporting Cristal can manage to win this duel and cover the -1 Asian handicap. They are showing very good football at the moment and I would not be surprised if they managed to remain unbeaten until the end of the Clausura. ADT Tarma will focus their effort on the defense here but I doubt they could handle it for the full 90 mins.