This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Deportivo La Guaira at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV when the Copa Sudamericana tournament arrives in town and Ceará with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 6400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Deportivo La Guaira and Ceará.
Deportivo La Guaira form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Deportivo La Guaira have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
No payout for Guaira in their previous match, an away game at Caracas that ended in defeat 2-3.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Deportivo La Guaira as they have a new game in only four days, a Primera Division match thankfully also at home. Deportivo Lara are visiting.
The Deportivo La Guaira fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Deportivo La Guaira are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches.
Ceará form and stats
Ceará was sent out of Copa Sudamericana in the group stage last season.The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.
It's the second away game in a row for Ceará, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Palmeiras last time out. Ribeiro came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Palmeiras last time out, making the manager Júnior feel like a tactical genius. Mendoza, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.02. Mendoza scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.
3 goals so far away for Ceará, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Bolívar Alvarado 5 goals | D. Paz Ferrer 2 goals |  K. Silva Guzmán 1 goals |
Deportivo La Guaira missing players
Ceará missing players
| Deportivo La Guaira | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 33 | 10 | Conceded | C | 10 | 15 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 15.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | ||
| 8.7 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 12.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ceará | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Deportivo La Guaira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | General Caballero JLM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Independiente | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Deportivo Tachira | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Deportivo La Guaira | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Monagas | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Zamora Futbol Club | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Estudiantes Merida | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Carabobo | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Hermanos Colmenares | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Metropolitanos | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Caracas | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Mineros de Guayana | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Aragua | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Deportivo Lara | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Portuguesa | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | UCV | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Zulia | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sao Paulo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Coritiba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Ceará | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Avai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Cuiaba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Juventude | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Atletico GO | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Flamengo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Fluminense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Santos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Palmeiras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | America Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Fortaleza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Botafogo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Internacional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Goias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Atletico PR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
