Overview
- The Liga 1 Apertura match kicks off Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. local time at Estadio Miguel Grau in Callao, which seats about 17,000.
- The game airs live on L1 MAX, carried by Movistar TV, DirecTV, Best Cable, Claro TV, Zapping and Win TV, with streaming on L1 Play.
- Sport Boys comes in after a 2–3 loss to Deportivo Garcilaso, while Melgar fell 1–3 to Cusco FC in the previous round.
- RPP lists Sport Boys in 16th place with 8 points and Melgar in 11th with 11, so both teams look to climb the table with a win.
- The recent head-to-head favors the visitor with four wins to one for the host, and their last meeting on October 20, 2025 ended 1–0 for Sport Boys.