The Deportivo Pantoja & Cibao managers M. Mazmud and J. Alfonso Ávalos are both dreading and eagerly anticipating this vital match in the top part of the Liga Mayor standings.
- Deportivo Pantoja have the most scored goals (34) in Liga Mayor
- Cibao have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Liga Mayor
Deportivo Pantoja and Cibao should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Deportivo Pantoja form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 9 Liga Mayor games here at Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez for Deportivo Pantoja. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Deportivo Pantoja haven’t lost a league-game in 17 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus San Cristobal, 107 days ago.
The spoils were shared in Pantoja's previous game, also at home. Visiting Moca travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Vega Real with a 1-0 scoreline.Goals decide football matches and Pantoja are scoring many of them at home; 18 on target from 9 league matches. Pantoja are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Cibao form and stats
The away performances of Cibao have been very solid so far with 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the Liga Mayor. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
Cibao won their last game, 4-0 versus Vega Real played at home. As mentioned above, Cibao was the only team on the pitch versus Vega Real in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Prior to that match, the Cibao manager J. Alfonso Ávalos faced defeat when travelling to Universidad O&M and losing 0-1.The Cibao manager J. Alfonso Ávalos has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 9 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have fought before this season: Cibao - Pantoja 0-0. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: one - two - four (Deportivo Pantoja wins - draws - Cibao wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Deportivo Pantoja missing players
Cibao missing players
| Deportivo Pantoja | Cibao | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | 22 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 18 | 38 |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 77% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 55% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 36% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 18% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 50% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 32% |
| 41% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 64% |
| 18% | 18% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 4 | 4 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.2 | 8.7 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 10.3 | 9 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 11 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 51% | 54% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | 39% |
- Cibao have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cibao have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cibao have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Liga Mayor
- Cibao have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Liga Mayor
- Cibao have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Liga Mayor
- Cibao have the most clean sheets (14) in Liga Mayor
- Cibao have the most points (23) away in Liga Mayor
- Cibao have the the best goal difference (+24) in Liga Mayor
- Cibao haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Deportivo Pantoja have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Deportivo Pantoja have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Liga Mayor
- Deportivo Pantoja have the most scored goals (18) at home in Liga Mayor
- Deportivo Pantoja have the most scored goals (34) in Liga Mayor
- Deportivo Pantoja have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Liga Mayor
- Deportivo Pantoja haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Deportivo Pantoja is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cibao | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 24 | 44 |
| 2 | Deportivo Pantoja | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 34 |
| 3 | Moca | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 32 |
| 4 | Universidad O&M | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Don Bosco Jarabacoa | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 6 | Vega Real | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | Delfines Del Este | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -20 | 17 |
| 8 | San Cristobal | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 18 | -12 | 16 |
| 9 | Atlantico | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Atletico de SF | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 25 | -26 | 10 |