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Sporting Cristal

Primera Division South America

Copa Libertadores World

Club Friendlies 3

Founded:	1955
Stadium:	Estadio Alberto Gallardo
Coach:	Paulo Autuori de Mello
Primera Division Form:
Overall Form:

Sporting Cristal home ground venue is Estadio Alberto Gallardo.

Paulo Autuori de Mello is the current coach for Sporting Cristal.

Sporting Cristal Primera Division Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Sporting Cristal have played a total of 40 matches in Peru Primera Division. Their current statistics is 21 win, 8 draw and 11 lose.

Sporting Cristal did not win their last match in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Sporting Cristal results for their home or away matches in Primera Division 2025.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Sporting Cristal	40	21	8	11

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
14/12/2025	Cusco FC	2 - 0	Sporting Cristal	1-0	H2H	O	+
			26' Fernando Pacheco
Iván Colman 37'		1 - 0
Alvaro Ampuero 51'
			54' Martín Távara
Facundo Callejo 56'		2 - 0
Aldair Fuentes 69'
Pierre Da Silva 84'
11/12/2025	Sporting Cristal	1 - 0	Cusco FC	1-0	H2H	O	+
Santiago González 15'		1 - 0
			19' Oswaldo Valenzuela
Rafael Lutiger 46'
			50' Carlos Gamarra
Nicolás Pasquini 83'
			90'
90'
07/12/2025	Alianza Lima	3 - 3	Sporting Cristal	3-1	H2H	O	+
Sergio Peña 1'
		0 - 1	2' Martín Távara
Erick Castillo 3'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	4' Cristian Benavente
Miguel Trauco 5'		2 - 2
		2 - 3	6' Írven Ávila
		2 - 4	7' Martín Távara
Pablo Lavandeira 7'		3 - 4
		3 - 5	8' Nicolás Pasquini
Hernán Barcos 9'		4 - 5
		4 - 6	10' Fernando Pacheco
Erick Castillo 16'		5 - 6
Erick Castillo 27'		6 - 6
			38' Nicolás Pasquini
Paolo Guerrero 45+1'		7 - 6
Alan Cantero 52'
70'
Jesús Castillo 70'
		7 - 7	82' Martín Távara
Erick Castillo 83'
			87' Cristian Benavente
		7 - 8	90+1' Martín Távara
03/12/2025	Sporting Cristal	1 - 1	Alianza Lima	0-0	H2H	O	+
			24' Fernando Gaibor
Martín Távara 68'		1 - 0
Miguel Araujo 74'
		1 - 1	82' Hernán Barcos
			90+6' Pedro Jesús Aquino Sánchez
19/11/2025	Atlético Grau	1 - 2	Sporting Cristal	0-1	H2H	O	+
			35' Alejandro Pósito
		0 - 1	36' Cristian Benavente
Fabio Rojas 45+4'
		0 - 2	53' Diego Otoya
Carlos Salgado 67'		1 - 2
Arnold Flores 81'
			90+14' Jhilmar Lora
			90+16' Arnold Cotito
07/11/2025	Sporting Cristal	2 - 1	Cienciano	0-1	H2H	O	+
			24' Alejandro Hohberg
		0 - 1	39' Cristian Souza
Leandro Sosa 47'		1 - 1
Catriel Cabellos 55'
Martín Távara 82'
			90+2' Santiago Arias
			90+3' Jimmy Valoyes
Martín Távara 90+4'		2 - 1
01/11/2025	Comerciantes Unidos	1 - 4	Sporting Cristal	1-1	H2H	O	+
Flavio Alcedo 3'
		0 - 1	4' Santiago González
Nahuel Tecilla 16'
			22' Írven Ávila
Matías Sen 45+2'		1 - 1
Paolo Méndez 55'
		1 - 2	68' Írven Ávila
		1 - 3	72' Írven Ávila
		1 - 4	83' Maxloren Castro
26/10/2025	Sporting Cristal	0 - 1	Los Chankas	0-1	H2H	O	+
			18' Franco Torres
Alejandro Pósito 27'
		0 - 1	33' Pablo Bueno
Diego Otoya 59'
			68' José Manzaneda
Christofer Gonzales 73'
Martín Távara 82'
Rafael Lutiger 85'
			89' Jordan Guivin
			90+3' Jorge Palomino
			90+10' Fred Zamalloa
24/10/2025	Sporting Cristal	0 - 1	Universitario	0-0	H2H	O	+
			31' Álex Valera
			43' Jorge Murrugarra
		0 - 1	53' Álex Valera
19/10/2025	Deportivo Garcilaso	0 - 1	Sporting Cristal	0-0	H2H	O	+
			49' Felipe Vizeu
			56' Maxloren Castro
Erick Canales 71'
		0 - 1	88' Írven Ávila
Orlando Nuñez 90+1'
Carlos Beltran 90+5'
04/10/2025	ADT	1 - 0	Sporting Cristal	1-2	H2H	O	+
Mauro Da Luz 15'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	39' Santiago González
		1 - 2	45+1' Leandro Sosa
Mauro Da Luz 71'		2 - 2
Mauro Da Luz 73'		3 - 2
29/09/2025	Sporting Cristal	3 - 0	Ayacucho	3-0	H2H	O	+
Ian Wisdom 6'		1 - 0
Felipe Vizeu 23'		2 - 0
Nicolás Pasquini 31'
Felipe Vizeu 38'		3 - 0
21/09/2025	ADC Juan Pablo II	0 - 0	Sporting Cristal	0-0	H2H	O	+
			24' Yoshimar Yotún
Cristian Ramírez 35'
			54' Leandro Sosa
Christian Martín Flores Córdova 55'
Jorge Jair Toledo Bravo 83'
17/09/2025	Sporting Cristal	0 - 0	Alianza Atlético	0-0	H2H	O	+
Santiago González 45'
			52' Guillermo Larios
Jhilmar Lora 73'
Christofer Gonzales 90+9'
			90+9' Miguel Agustín Graneros
Martín Távara 90+9'
14/09/2025	Cusco FC	3 - 2	Sporting Cristal	2-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	2' Leandro Sosa
			11' Jesús Pretell
			11' Martín Távara
Oswaldo Valenzuela 14'
Facundo Callejo 28'		1 - 1
Pierre Da Silva 45'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	52' Írven Ávila
Facundo Callejo 78'		3 - 2
			82' Miguel Araujo
			82' Fernando Pacheco
Nicolás Silva 84'
23/08/2025	Sporting Cristal	2 - 2	UTC Cajamarca	0-1	H2H	O	+
			4' Anthony Rosell
Nicolás Pasquini 25'
		0 - 1	27' Cristian Mejia
			39' André Vasquez
Luis Abram 54'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	63' Jarlin Quintero
Yoshimar Yotún 71'
Santiago González 75'		2 - 2
Alejandro Pósito 79'
Jesús Pretell 90'
			90+2' Farid Romero
			90+7' Roberto Villamarín
16/08/2025	Deportivo Binacional	1 - 3	Sporting Cristal	0-3	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	12' Fernando Pacheco
		0 - 2	16' Alejandro Pósito
Carlos Pérez 20'
		0 - 3	21' Martín Távara
			25'
Róger Torres 58'		1 - 3
Edson Aubert 62'
72'
			82'
10/08/2025	Sporting Cristal	1 - 0	Melgar	1-0	H2H	O	+
Írven Ávila 24'
			32' Jhonny Víctor Vidales Lature
			35' Pier Miqueas Barrios
			42' Leonel Hernán González
			45+2' Leonel Hernán González
Ian Wisdom 45+7'		1 - 0
Christofer Gonzales 59'
			79' Brian Lautaro Guzmán
Diego Enríquez 82'
06/08/2025	Alianza Lima	0 - 0	Sporting Cristal	0-0	H2H	O	+
Fernando Gaibor 13'
Renzo Garces 15'
Sergio Peña 18'
			18' Jesús Pretell
			43' Alejandro Duarte
			65' Maxloren Castro
Sergio Peña 68'
			76' Fernando Pacheco
			79' Yoshimar Yotún
			82' Martín Távara
			90+5' Diego Enríquez
30/07/2025	Sporting Cristal	5 - 0	Sport Huancayo	2-0	H2H	O	+
Christofer Gonzales 6'		1 - 0
Miguel Araujo 16'		2 - 0
			35' Hugo Ángeles
Martín Távara 41'
Christofer Gonzales 50'		3 - 0
			54' Ricardo Salcedo
Írven Ávila 67'		4 - 0
			76' Piero Magallanes
Alejandro Pósito 90+1'
			90+1' Alan Perez
Yoshimar Yotún 90+3'		5 - 0
Yoshimar Yotún 90+4'
			90+5' Alan Perez
26/07/2025	Sport Boys	0 - 2	Sporting Cristal	0-1	H2H	O	+
Matias Almiron 19'
Emilio Esteban Saba Fassioli 26'
			31' Rafael Lutiger
		0 - 1	40' Leandro Sosa
Erick Gonzales 45+1'
			45+1' Fernando Pacheco
		0 - 2	53' Miguel Araujo
			65' Nicolás Pasquini
Leonel Solís 71'
20/07/2025	Sporting Cristal	3 - 0	Alianza Universidad	2-0	H2H	O	+
			13' Alexis Martín Fernández Chía
Nicolás Pasquini 14'
Martín Távara 22'		1 - 0
Miguel Araujo 25'
Írven Ávila 28'		2 - 0
Leandro Sosa 53'		3 - 0
Henry Caparó 80'
Diego Enríquez 85'
			87' Marcos Alexander Lliuya Campos
13/07/2025	Sporting Cristal	2 - 1	Atlético Grau	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	4' Tomás Sandoval
Írven Ávila 9'		1 - 1
			45+2' Benjamín García
Jesús Pretell 45+4'
			79' Elsar Rodas
Christofer Gonzales 88'
Santiago González 90+4'		2 - 1
Santiago González 90+5'
05/07/2025	Cienciano	1 - 1	Sporting Cristal	0-0	H2H	O	+
			52' Rafael Lutiger
Josué Estrada 72'
Claudio Torrejón 79'		1 - 0
Alfredo Ramúa 82'
Carlos Garcés 88'
		1 - 1	90+2' Christofer Gonzales
29/06/2025	Sporting Cristal	2 - 0	Comerciantes Unidos	0-0	H2H	O	+
			29' Keyvin Paico
			39' José Ignacio Marina Bernaola
Martín Andrés Cauteruccio Rodríguez 51'		1 - 0
Fernando José Pacheco Rivas 54'		2 - 0
Gianfranco Chávez Massoni 59'
			89' Gilmar Paredes
Fernando José Pacheco Rivas 90'
21/06/2025	Los Chankas	3 - 1	Sporting Cristal	2-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	14' C. Gonzáles
			18' M. Távara
Pablo Bueno 22'		1 - 1
Oshiro Takeuchi 38'		2 - 1
Ayrthon Quintana 44'
			45' A. Pósito
Oshiro Takeuchi 77'		3 - 1
Oshiro Takeuchi 77'
Hector González 90+9'
			90+10' M. Cauteruccio
15/06/2025	Sporting Cristal	3 - 2	Deportivo Garcilaso	1-0	H2H	O	+
Alejandro Pósito 13'
			22' Aldair Salazar
			26' Orlando Nuñez
Keita Inoue 41'		1 - 0
			45+2' Juan Diego Lojas
Jesús Pretell 45+7'
			52' Emmanuel Páucar
			58' Erick Canales
		1 - 1	65' Pablo Erustes
Christofer Gonzáles 70'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	73' Adrián Ugarriza
Keita Inoue 87'		3 - 2
Jostin Alarcón 90+2'
23/05/2025	Universitario	2 - 0	Sporting Cristal	0-0	H2H	O	+
			30' Franco Romero
Edison Flores 59'		1 - 0
Diego Churin 82'		2 - 0
17/05/2025	Sporting Cristal	2 - 1	ADT	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	10' Johnny Vidales
			22' Gerson Barreto
Jhilmar Lora 34'
Martín Távara 41'		1 - 1
Rafael Lutiger 48'
			76' Víctor Cedrón
Maxloren Castro 90+6'		2 - 1
10/05/2025	Ayacucho	1 - 4	Sporting Cristal	1-4	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	6' Irven Ávila
J. Valencia 11'
C. Uribe 21'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	28' Misael Sosa
		1 - 3	34' Irven Ávila
		1 - 4	38' Ian Wisdom
			50' Nicolás Pasquini
			58' Leonardo Díaz
A. Tamariz 65'
J. Ataupillco 69'
28/04/2025	Sporting Cristal	3 - 2	ADC Juan Pablo II	3-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	10' Emiliano Agustín Villar Vidal
Martín Távara 22'		1 - 1
Christofer Gonzáles 29'		2 - 1
Christofer Gonzáles 45+5'		3 - 1
Nicolás Pasquini 54'
		3 - 2	67' Álvaro Rojas Quesada
Leandro Sosa 90+5'
19/04/2025	Alianza Atlético	1 - 0	Sporting Cristal	0-0	H2H	O	+
			39' Martín Távara
Miguel Agustín Graneros 52'		1 - 0
Erick Perleche 63'
			88' Christofer Gonzáles
13/04/2025	Sporting Cristal	1 - 0	Cusco FC	0-0	H2H	O	+
Franco Romero 14'
			33' Marlon Ruidías
			39' Pedro Diaz
Misael Sosa 39'
			42' Marlon Ruidías
Flavio Alcedo 45+2'
			45+5' Nicolás Silva
Santiago González 45+6'
Martín Távara 83'		1 - 0
			88' Lucas Colitto
06/04/2025	UTC Cajamarca	4 - 1	Sporting Cristal	3-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	9' Christofer Gonzáles
André Vasquez 19'
Erinson Ramirez 33'		1 - 1
José De la Cruz 34'
			34' Axel Cabellos
Cristian Mejia 39'		2 - 1
			41' Misael Sosa
Freddy Oncoy 45+6'		3 - 1
Jarlin Quintero 70'		4 - 1
			78' Christofer Gonzáles
			86' Jair Moretti
Brandon Palacios 89'
29/03/2025	Sporting Cristal	5 - 0	Deportivo Binacional	1-0	H2H	O	+
Martín Cauteruccio 35'		1 - 0
Jesús Pretell 40'
			44' Abraham Aguinaga
			45+1' Juan Pablo Carranza
			45+2' Arthur Alexander Gutiérrez Inga
Martín Cauteruccio 47'		2 - 0
Irven Ávila 54'		3 - 0
Franco Romero 70'
Santiago González 73'		4 - 0
			79' Hoover Crespo
Misael Sosa 86'		5 - 0
08/03/2025	Melgar	1 - 0	Sporting Cristal	1-0	H2H	O	+
Cristian Bordacahar 17'		1 - 0
			40' Flavio Alcedo
Alec Deneumostier 40'
			90+3' Leandro Sosa
			90+5' Franco Romero
			90+7' Santiago González
02/03/2025	Sporting Cristal	1 - 2	Alianza Lima	1-1	H2H	O	+
Jhoao Velasquez 9'		1 - 0
Catriel Cabellos 19'
		1 - 1	28' Paolo Guerrero
			34' Jean Pierre Archimbaud
		1 - 2	61' Alan Cantero
Franco Romero 80'
Martín Távara 89'
22/02/2025	Sport Huancayo	0 - 1	Sporting Cristal	0-0	H2H	O	+
			52' Jhilmar Lora
Miguel Carranza 60'
		0 - 1	68' Irven Ávila
Diego Carabaño 76'
16/02/2025	Sporting Cristal	2 - 1	Sport Boys	1-0	H2H	O	+
			33' Matias Almiron
Santiago González 33'
Martín Cauteruccio 38'		1 - 0
			40' Cristian Carbajal
			42' Hernan Da Campo
		1 - 1	56' Luciano Nequecaur
			58' Erick Gonzales
Martín Cauteruccio 65'		2 - 1
Diego Enríquez 77'
Martín Távara 78'
Nicolás Pasquini 82'
			90+4' Alejandro Altuna
			90+6' Oslimg Mora
Misael Sosa 90+6'
Jesús Pretell 90+7'
09/02/2025	Alianza Universidad	2 - 2	Sporting Cristal	2-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	10' Santiago González
Marcos Lliuya 27'		1 - 1
Yorleys Mena 39'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	45+5' Martín Cauteruccio
			51' Franco Romero
Gerson Aldair Iraola Ramírez 68'
Jhon Alexander Ibargüen Hurtado 82'

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Sporting Cristal in Primera Division.

Statistics & Analysis of Sporting Cristal

Írven Ávila is the leading top goal scorer for Sporting Cristal with 11 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	4
Longest losing streak	2
Longest run without loss	10
Longest run without win	4
Clean sheets	14
Matches over 2.25 goals	21
Matches under 2.25 goals	19
Matches First Half Over 0.5	28
Matches First Half Under 0.5	12
Matches odd	26
Matches even	14
Average goals scored	1.65
Average goals allowed	1.05
Failure to score	10
Biggest victory	5 - 0
Biggest defeat	4 - 1
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	0
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	1 (5%)
Goalless draw at away match	2 (10%)
Comeback win	0
Top Goal Scorer	Írven Ávila
Top Assist	Martín Távara

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Primera Division 2025 - Clausura Table

Sporting Cristal are in the 3rd position of Primera Division.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Universitario	17	12	4	1	29	13	+16	40
2	Cusco FC	17	11	3	3	29	15	+14	36
3	Sporting Cristal	17	9	4	4	29	13	+16	31
4	Alianza Lima	17	9	4	4	30	19	+11	31
5	Cienciano	17	8	3	6	25	21	+4	27
6	Los Chankas	17	9	0	8	21	28	-7	27
7	Comerciantes Unidos	17	7	5	5	20	21	-1	26
8	Melgar	17	6	7	4	24	17	+7	25
9	Deportivo Garcilaso	17	6	7	4	20	21	-1	25
10	ADT	17	7	4	6	19	20	-1	25
11	Alianza Atlético	17	6	5	6	15	12	+3	23
12	Sport Huancayo	17	5	3	9	28	28	+0	18
13	Alianza Universidad	17	5	2	10	23	33	-10	17
14	Atlético Grau	17	4	4	9	19	24	-5	16
15	Sport Boys	17	4	4	9	14	25	-11	16
16	ADC Juan Pablo II	17	3	5	9	13	23	-10	14
17	Ayacucho	17	4	2	11	16	29	-13	14
18	UTC Cajamarca	17	3	4	10	16	28	-12	13
19	Deportivo Binacional	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0

Champion Play-off

Primera Division 2025 - Apertura Table

Sporting Cristal are in the 5th position of Primera Division.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Universitario	18	12	3	3	38	12	+26	39
2	Alianza Lima	18	11	4	3	23	11	+12	37
3	Cusco FC	18	10	4	4	34	20	+14	34
4	Alianza Atlético	18	11	1	6	28	18	+10	34
5	Sporting Cristal	18	10	2	6	31	24	+7	32
6	Melgar	18	8	7	3	28	20	+8	31
7	Sport Huancayo	18	9	3	6	23	21	+2	30
8	Deportivo Garcilaso	18	8	3	7	28	19	+9	27
9	ADT	18	6	6	6	24	30	-6	24
10	Cienciano	18	5	8	5	29	25	+4	23
11	Los Chankas	18	5	8	5	24	25	-1	23
12	Atlético Grau	18	5	7	6	23	24	-1	22
13	Sport Boys	18	5	5	8	26	28	-2	20
14	ADC Juan Pablo II	18	5	4	9	20	28	-8	19
15	UTC Cajamarca	18	5	4	9	17	34	-17	19
16	Deportivo Binacional	18	4	6	8	20	33	-13	18
17	Ayacucho	18	4	3	11	14	27	-13	15
18	Comerciantes Unidos	18	2	5	11	17	31	-14	11
19	Alianza Universidad	18	2	5	11	16	33	-17	11

Champion Play-off

Sporting Cristal Squad

Detailed statistics of each Sporting Cristal player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Sporting Cristal top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

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#	Name of Player
1	Diego Mauricio Enríquez Gutiérrez	3180				4
4	Gianfranco Chávez Massoni	709	5	0		1
5	Rafael Julián Lutiger Vidalón	2313	1	3		5
6	Jesús Emanuel Pretell Panta	2563	3	15		7
7	Santiago Emanuel González	2211	2	9	7	5
8	Leandro Sosa Toranza	1928	8	7	5	3
9	Martín Cauteruccio Rodríguez	1061	1	7	8
10	Christofer Gonzáles Crespo	1939	5	8	8	4	1
11	Irven Beybe Ávila Acero	1613	12	19	11	1	1
12	Renato Alfredo Solis Salinas	180
13	Alejandro Cristoph Duarte Preuss	180				1
14	Cristian Benavente Bristol	382	7	3	1	1
15	Carlos Jhilmar Lora Saavedra	1136	4	4		4
16	Luis Enrique Iberico Robalino	29	2	0
18	Axel Jair Cabellos Vázquez	207	1	3		1
19	Víctor Yoshimar Yotún Flores	663	6	2	1	2	1
20	Miguel Gianpierre Araujo Blanco	1418	0	1	2	2	1
21	Franco Gastón Romero Ponte	900				6
22	Misael Sosa	541	9	4	2	3
23	Maxloren Sannoe Castro Rufino	1893	10	16	2	1	1
24	Fernando José Pacheco Rivas	1089	14	10	1	4	1
25	Gerald Martin Távara Mogollón	2347	10	9	9	10
26	Ian Wisdom	1799	7	9	3
28	Nicolás Pasquini	2613	9	6		8	1
29	Alejandro Jesus Posito Olazabal	761	4	6		5	1
30	Jostin Alexis Alarcón Paquiyauri	429	9	3		1
32	Leonardo Diaz Laffore	152	1	2		1
33	César Fidel Ernesto Bautista Flores
36	Sebastian Mathias Sanchez Peceros
37	Fabian Fabrizio Lora Saavedra	116	1	0
39	Henry Estuardo Caparó Bendezu	288	5	1		1
40	Jair Moretti Chuy	219	6	2		1
41	Joao Stefhano Cuenca Melgar	15	1	0
43	Franco Gónzalo Mendoza Cornejo	31	2	0
47	Felipe dos Reis Pereira Vizeu do Carmo	576	3	6	2	1
55	Gustavo Cazonatti	309	2	3
77	Jeffrey Catriel Cabellos Vázquez	943	11	9		1	1
96	Luis Alfonso Abram Ugarelli	856	2	3	1
97	Mateo Rodríguez	141	5	0
99	Diego Otoya	211	3	2	1	1
	Flavio Gabriel Alcedo Gutiérrez	690	2	3		2

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They are the current leading soccer tipsters in this month competition. See also tipsters rankings.

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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

Corinthians W vs Santos W

H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

Barbalha vs FC Atlético Cearense

H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Ilirija vs Beltinci

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.