Estudiantes Mérida and Metropolitanos will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Copa Sudamericana 1st Round battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
These are busy days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only four days ago in the Primera Division. That game was an away game at Zamora Futbol Club, so at least Estudiantes are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Estudiantes Mérida form and stats
Last season their Copa Sudamericana adventure ended in the 2nd round.0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Estudiantes Mérida so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager Peña led his Estudiantes Mérida to a defeat away at Zamora Futbol Club. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida.
Preceding that match was the home Primera Division game against Deportivo Tachira that was lost 1-2.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Estudiantes Mérida, as the Primera Division home game vs Carabobo is only three days away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Estudiantes Mérida at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Metropolitanos form and stats
Metropolitanos's mission in Copa Sudamericana last season failed in the group stage.The visitors are W0-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division.
Metropolitanos had fun at their own home (Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida) last time out, beating UCV 2-0. Gómez scored.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Deportivo La Guaira's place.Metropolitanos have another game away from home in just three nights, a Primera Division game versus Zulia. A demanding itinerary for them!
Metropolitanos have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former nine meetings between these two sides are: four wins for Estudiantes, one draw and four wins for Metropolitanos. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Estudiantes Mérida missing players
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| Estudiantes Mérida | Metropolitanos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Scored | S | 13 | 35 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 24% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.4 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 28% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | ||
| 10.7 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 8.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Tachira | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Monagas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Deportivo La Guaira | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Zamora Futbol Club | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Caracas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Deportivo Lara | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Metropolitanos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Mineros de Guayana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Aragua | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Carabobo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Hermanos Colmenares | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Portuguesa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | UCV | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Estudiantes Mérida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Zulia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
