It's time to decide the outcome of the Copa Sudamericana 1st Round meeting between Metropolitanos and Estudiantes Mérida. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
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 was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Copa Sudamericana.Metropolitanos have played 1 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Metropolitanos, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Zulia away with the result 2-1. Ortiz and Flores found the net in that victory.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Metropolitanos have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won seven times, drawn two and lost three.
Metropolitanos has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Estudiantes Mérida form and stats
Estudiantes was sent out of Copa Sudamericana in the 2nd round last season.0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Estudiantes Mérida in their Primera Division matches away.
Peña was the last player to score for the away team. Estudiantes Mérida haven't scored a league goal in the last 211 minutes.
Estudiantes Mérida's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Carabobo that finished 0-0.
We have checked recent matches where Estudiantes Mérida have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were two victories, five draws and seven defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Primera Division trip to Aragua.
0 goals so far away for Estudiantes Mérida, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the teams played each other earlier this season; Estudiantes Mérida - Metropolitanos 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Metropolitanos five wins, one draw and Estudiantes Mérida four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Flores Barrios 1 goals | D. Gómez Rivas 1 goals | C. Ortiz García 1 goals |
Metropolitanos missing players
Estudiantes Mérida missing players
| Metropolitanos | Estudiantes Mérida | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Scored | S | 9 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 22 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 23% | ||
| 9.3 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Deportivo La Guaira | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Metropolitanos | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Monagas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Mineros de Guayana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Zamora Futbol Club | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Caracas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Portuguesa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Deportivo Lara | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Aragua | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Carabobo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | UCV | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | Hermanos Colmenares | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Estudiantes Mérida | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Zulia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
