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Predictions and Tips
Sporting Cristal meet Bolívar in Thursday’s Copa Libertadores meeting.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Sporting Cristal v Bolívar game (inc. the best betting odds).
📊 Form Guide

Sporting Cristal
DLDLLD ⚠
Sporting Cristal will play in this game coming off the back of a 2-2 Copa Libertadores drawn game against Cerro Porteno.
In that match, Sporting Cristal had 55% possession and 13 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Sporting Cristal was Santiago González (38'). On the other side, Cerro Porteno had 25 shots on goal with 9 on target. Cecilio Domínguez (42') and Federico Carrizo (44') scored for Cerro Porteno.
It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Sporting Cristal haven’t conceded. In fact, Sporting Cristal have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 10 goals on the way.
Bolívar
WLWLWL ↕
After being beaten in their last game against Palmeiras in Copa Libertadores competition, Bolívar will be aiming to make amends here.
In that match, Bolívar had 76% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Bolívar was Fábio Gomes (56', 69'). For their opponents, Palmeiras had 10 attempts at goal with 6 on target. José Manuel López (19') and Maurício (73') scored for Palmeiras.
Showing their predisposition for action-packed encounters, we’ve seen goals 21 times in the prior 6 games in which Bolívar have taken to the field, yielding an average of 3.5 goals for each clash. Opposing teams have got 10 of those goals. While that may be of interest, we’ll just have to find out whether that trend shall continue on in this next match.
👥 Head to head
The previous league game between these clubs was Copa Libertadores match day 2 on 10/04/2025 which ended up with the score at Bolívar 3-0 Sporting Cristal.
On that day, Bolívar had 75% possession and 27 attempts on goal with 10 on target. The goals were scored by Fábio Gomes (12') and Ramiro Vaca (44', 58').
On the other side, Sporting Cristal had 8 attempts at goal with 0 on target.
📰 Team News: Sporting Cristal
The Sporting Cristal boss Guillermo Farré will be thankful to have no fitness concerns at all before this game thanks to a completely injury-free squad to pick from.
📋 Team News: Bolívar
Due to a fully healthy squad to choose from, the Bolívar manager Flavio Robatto doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all before this match.
🧠 Prediction
It seems to us that Bolívar will have a difficult task to get a goal against a Sporting Cristal team who have all the attributes to set up a big win.
We’re expecting a very comprehensive 3-0 win for Sporting Cristal at the end of the 90 minutes.
Andre Moura, 01:01 08/05/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Sporting Cristal
Formed: 1955
Stadium: The Estadio Alberto Gallardo (11,600)
Captain: Yoshimar Yotún
Chairman: Joel Raffo
Manager: Guillermo Farré
Competitions: Copa Libertadores (Group G)
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