This Sunday, November 6 Sporting Crystal Y Melgar They face each other for the second leg of the League 1 2022 semifinal. The match will take place at 3:00 pm. (Peruvian time) and will be played at the National Stadium in Lima.
Both squads play their pass to the national final of the tournament, where Alianza Lima awaits them, who qualified for being champion of the Closing Tournament and having a better position in the table.
The Rimenses are looking for a comeback after losing 2-0 in Arequipa against Melgar. With the score against, Roberto Mosquera will have to make a good game plan to lead Cristal to victory.
As in the first leg, the main bookmakers place the Arequipa club as a clear favorite for bettors.
Marker
Betsson offers the odd of 1.68 in favor of Sporting Cristal, 3.95 if the match ends in a draw and 4.70 if Melgar wins.
However, the Rimenses need to win in Lima by a difference of three or more goals in order to qualify directly for the tournament final.
In that sense, if the Celestials achieve the feat of winning 2-0 in the second leg, the fee to be paid would be 9.50. With that result the overall score would be 2-2 and they would go to penalties.
However, if they manage to win 3-0, the amount goes up to 13.00.
On the other hand, if Melgar wins by the slightest difference, the figure would be 17.00. But, if the score ends 2-0 or 3-0 in favor of Arequipa, the odds would be 29.00 and 81.00, respectively.
Previous matchups
As is known, Sporting Cristal and Melgar have starred in matches in the final instances of the tournament in previous years, even participating in the final in two consecutive seasons.
In 2015, the Celestes won the Apertura, while Melgar won the Clausura. The final favored the people of Arequipa, who after drawing 2-2 in Lima were able to carry out the second match at the UNSA Monumental, winning 3-2.
A year later, in 2016, they met again in the final phase of League 1. The first leg ended 1-1 in Arequipa, so the away goal favored Cristal in a possible goalless draw, something that happened in the National Stadium.
In this way, the Rimense club was proclaimed champion and took revenge for the previous season.
