Portuguesa have journeyed here for an engaging duel versus the hosting Caracas. Prepare for the fixture with this thorough Primera Division preview!
- Portuguesa have the fewest scored goals (0) in Primera Division
This could be an action-packed match with lots of action and energy as both sides are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Caracas form and stats
Three Primera Division home games done for Caracas, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Happy days for Caracas in their previous game, a fixture away at UCV (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Finally, a league victory after three games without one. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Briceño, having found the net in three matches in a row.
In the match before that, Caracas hosted Hermanos Colmenares and drew the game 2-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Caracas handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Copa Sudamericana game versus Academia Puerto Cabello in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV.
Caracas have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Portuguesa form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Primera Division away game of the season. During their previous season 15 away games resulted in 2 wins, 10 draws and 3 defeats.
Portuguesa aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 279 league minutes without a goal. Osorio was the last player to find the net.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Academia Puerto Cabello with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Mineros de Guayana.Portuguesa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
Portuguesa have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior ten meetings between these two contenders are: six wins for Caracas, three draws and one win for Portuguesa. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Guarirapa Briceño 3 goals | R. Quijada Fasciana 1 goals | A. Oguns 1 goals |
Caracas missing players
Portuguesa missing players
| Caracas | Portuguesa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 5 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 3.3 |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.2 | 9 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 7.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 37% | 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.8 | 8.3 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3.2 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 2 |
- Portuguesa have the fewest scored goals (0) in Primera Division
| Caracas | Last season | Portuguesa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Drew | D | 11 | 17 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 28 | Scored | S | 15 | 29 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 81% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 67% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 19% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 11% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 42% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 39% | ||
| 31% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 47% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 10 | ||
| 10.2 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4 | ||
| 29% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 21% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | Deportivo Tachira | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Angostura | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Monagas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Caracas | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Deportivo La Guaira | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Zamora Futbol Club | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 8 | Hermanos Colmenares | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Carabobo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Estudiantes Merida | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Rayo Zuliano | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Mineros de Guayana | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 2 |
| 13 | UCV | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 2 |
| 14 | Metropolitanos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Portuguesa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zamora Futbol Club | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 44 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 55 |
| 2 | Metropolitanos | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 53 |
| 3 | Monagas | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 48 |
| 4 | Carabobo | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 46 |
| 5 | Deportivo La Guaira | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 46 |
| 6 | Deportivo Tachira | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 44 |
| 7 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | -3 | 41 |
| 8 | Hermanos Colmenares | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Estudiantes Merida | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | Portuguesa | 30 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 37 |
| 11 | Caracas | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -2 | 36 |
| 12 | Deportivo Lara | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -4 | 36 |
| 13 | Mineros de Guayana | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | -11 | 34 |
| 14 | Zulia | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 32 |
| 15 | UCV | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -21 | 27 |
| 16 | Aragua | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | -17 | 24 |
