International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Independiente and Deportivo La Guaira are looking forward to this Copa Sudamericana fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
The visiting Deportivo La Guaira played their last game only four days ago, a Primera Division match.
Independiente form and stats
Last season their Copa Sudamericana adventure ended in the 8th finals against Santos.A nice win for Independiente last time playing, versus Huracan. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Cazares, Fernández and Soñora scoring for the victors. Midfield player Soñora got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Soñora scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 41 successful passes (of 44 total).
It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Independiente have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 10 games found in the database showing 5 Independiente wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Deportivo La Guaira form and stats
Playing away, Deportivo La Guaira have won 1 game, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Primera Division this season.
Guaira's previous game was their home loss versus Monagas (1-5). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Monagas was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Mineros de Guayana.The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 9 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 1 win, 5 draws and 3 defeats. 2 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The schedule is very tough for Deportivo La Guaira now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primera Division game at Carabobo is waiting in only three days.
As for defending, Guaira rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the squads met previously this season; Deportivo La Guaira - Independiente 0-2.Top Goalscorers
  J. Bolívar Alvarado 7 goals | S. Herrera Yallonardo 4 goals | D. Paz Ferrer 4 goals |
Independiente missing players
Deportivo La Guaira missing players
| Independiente | Deportivo La Guaira | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Scored | S | 14 | 33 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 24 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| 9.4 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ceara | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 15 |
| 2 | Independiente | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Deportivo La Guaira | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 1 |
| 4 | General Caballero JLM | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -14 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monagas | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | Metropolitanos | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Deportivo Tachira | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Zamora Futbol Club | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Carabobo | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Caracas | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Hermanos Colmenares | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Deportivo La Guaira | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Aragua | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Portuguesa | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Mineros de Guayana | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 14 |
| 13 | Estudiantes Merida | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Deportivo Lara | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Zulia | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | UCV | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
