Primera Division: What this match might lack in elegance it should pay back in tempo and dedication. Bring on Academia Puerto Cabello - Hermanos Colmenares!
- Academia Puerto Cabello is in the best form (5-0-1) in Primera Division
- Hermanos Colmenares have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Academia Puerto Cabello form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Academia Puerto Cabello have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 12 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Academia here at Complejo Deportivo Socialista, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
In their previous game, the manager Tolisano led his Academia Puerto Cabello to a defeat away at Caracas. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Complejo Deportivo Socialista. Until that defeat this club had gone nine consecutive league rounds without a defeat. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Stephens, having scored in five consecutive matches.
Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Mineros de Guayana.This is expected to be a close game, with Academia Puerto Cabello perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Academia Puerto Cabello as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Academia Puerto Cabello has won 4 of these, drawn 5 and lost 4.
Academia has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Hermanos Colmenares form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hermanos Colmenares so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
There might be some fixture complaints from Hermanos Colmenares as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-3 against Monagas. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Zapata has scored for the away team four games in a row. The capability!
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus UCV.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Hermanos Colmenares in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Hermanos Colmenares, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Hermanos Colmenares have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this match year: Hermanos Colmenares - Academia 4-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Academia Puerto Cabello zero wins, one draw and Hermanos Colmenares three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Zapata Londoño 16 goals |  S. Sosa Cordero 7 goals |  L. Hernández Quintero 5 goals |
Academia Puerto Cabello missing players
Hermanos Colmenares missing players
| Academia Puerto Cabello | Hermanos Colmenares | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 33 | 17 | 13 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 34 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 33 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 80% |
| 48% | 42% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 48% |
| 32% | 25% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 24% |
| 16% | 17% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 56% | 50% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 64% |
| 28% | 33% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 5 | 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.8 | 9.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.2 | 8.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 29% | 30% |
| 10.6 | 9.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 10.9 | 12.7 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
- Academia Puerto Cabello is in the best form (5-0-1) in Primera Division
- Hermanos Colmenares have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hermanos Colmenares have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Hermanos Colmenares haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zamora Futbol Club | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 49 |
| 2 | Metropolitanos | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 45 |
| 3 | Monagas | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Deportivo La Guaira | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 39 |
| 5 | Carabobo | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -1 | 37 |
| 7 | Deportivo Tachira | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | Caracas | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Estudiantes Mérida | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 33 |
| 10 | Zulia | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 31 |
| 11 | Hermanos Colmenares | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -2 | 30 |
| 12 | Portuguesa | 25 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 13 | Deportivo Lara | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | Mineros de Guayana | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -12 | 26 |
| 15 | UCV | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 22 |
| 16 | Aragua | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -14 | 20 |
