International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Metropolitanos and Nacional are looking forward to this Copa Libertadores fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Metropolitanos form and stats
Metropolitanos have collected 7 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 2-1-1.
The Metropolitanos supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Rayo Zuliano and win 2-1.
Heartbreak before that as Metropolitanos lost 0-2 at Caracas's place.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Carabobo are coming to town in two days.
Metropolitanos have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV with 6 goals in 4 league matches.
Nacional form and stats
Nacional's mission in Copa Libertadores last season failed in the group stage.0-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nacional in their Primera Division matches away.
There might be some fixture complaints from Nacional as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-2 against Penarol.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus River Plate in the Primera Division.The attacking power of Nacional when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Nacional struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Metropolitanos have avoided a loss in the last 44 games (0-0-0) versus Nacional.Top Goalscorers
  E. Gigliotti 3 goals |  J. Ramírez Polero 3 goals |  C. Cermeño Uzcátegui 2 goals |
Metropolitanos missing players
Nacional missing players
| Metropolitanos | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Scored | S | 15 | 36 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 31% | ||
| 10.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 24 |
| 2 | Deportivo Tachira | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Monagas | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Caracas | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Angostura | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Carabobo | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Estudiantes Mérida | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Deportivo La Guaira | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Hermanos Colmenares | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Metropolitanos | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 11 | Rayo Zuliano | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 7 |
| 12 | Zamora Futbol Club | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
| 13 | Portuguesa | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Mineros de Guayana | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | UCV | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Penarol | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Defensor Sporting | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | Cerro Largo | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Wanderers | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Nacional | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | River Plate | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Danubio | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Deportivo Maldonado | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Torque | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 11 | Racing | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Plaza Colonia | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -9 | 10 |
| 13 | Cerro | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Boston River | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 15 | La Luz | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -8 | 5 |
| 16 | Fenix | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 5 |
