Olimpia and Deportivo Táchira get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Copa Libertadores Group Stage fixture.
It's no vacation for neither Olimpia nor Deportivo Táchira as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Olimpia form and stats
Last season, Olimpia's Copa Libertadores journey ended in the group stage.Olimpia have played 9 Division 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Copa Libertadores, Olimpia has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
Olimpia's last game was hosting Sportivo Luqueno and winning 4-1.
Ahead of that match, Olimpia lost 0-1 at home to Internacional.Olimpia are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 13 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew two and lost two.
Olimpia are traveling soon after this match as the Division 1 match at River Plate awaits in four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Olimpia's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Olimpia have conceded 13 goals.
Deportivo Táchira form and stats
Táchira was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the 2nd round last season.Deportivo Táchira are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primera Division, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
Táchira lost away at Zamora Futbol Club (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Before that, Deportivo Táchira secured a home win against Always Ready with the score 7-2.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Deportivo Táchira played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Deportivo Táchira find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. The Táchira manager J. Tolisano has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Deportivo Táchira - Olimpia 3-2 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Olimpia won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Deportivo Táchira has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zeroTop Goalscorers
  J. Recalde Ramírez 7 goals |  A. Silva González 6 goals |  W. González Sosa 3 goals |
Olimpia missing players
Deportivo Táchira missing players
| Olimpia | Deportivo Táchira | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 46 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 39 | ||
| 39 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 8% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.2 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 52% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Deportivo Táchira | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Always Ready | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 6 |
| 4 | Olimpia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 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 | Libertad | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Nacional Asuncion | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Cerro Porteno | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Guairena | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Guarani | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 7 | 12 de Octubre | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -5 | 21 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 10 | River Plate | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -18 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Táchira | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Zamora Futbol Club | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Zulia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | Portuguesa | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Hermanos Colmenares | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Estudiantes Merida | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Trujillanos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | -16 | 0 |