📊 Form Guide

Cerro Porteno

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Cerro Porteno will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 0-1 Copa Libertadores triumph against Palmeiras.

In that game, Cerro Porteno had 26% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Palmeiras had 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.

Their latest results shine a light on the fact that much respect should be given to the Cerro Porteno defence. Cerro Porteno have been miserly, with the tally of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their past six clashes standing at 2.

Sporting Cristal

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Junior in Copa Libertadores action, Sporting Cristal will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Sporting Cristal had 50% possession and 19 shots on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sporting Cristal was Yoshimar Yotún (45'). On the other side, Junior got 17 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Luis Muriel (9', 36') scored for Junior.

Sporting Cristal have fired home 6 times in the course of their previous six matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during that same period comes to 13.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Copa Libertadores match day 1 on 09/04/2026 when it ended Sporting Cristal 1-0 Cerro Porteno.

That time, Sporting Cristal had 61% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Vizeu (82').

Cerro Porteno had 3 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

🗞️ Team News: Cerro Porteno

The Cerro Porteno boss Diego Martínez has a full complement, with no fitness worries to speak of coming into this match owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Sporting Cristal

Owing to a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Sporting Cristal boss has no fitness concerns at all coming into this clash.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Sporting Cristal certainly have the ability to get a goal against this Cerro Porteno lineup, although it realistically won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

Our selection here is for a close game with a 2-1 victory for Cerro Porteno after 90 minutes. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Renata Leite, 21:02 28/05/2026