The campaign has been rough for Academia Puerto Cabello so far, while Metropolitanos have enjoyed many victories. Will the highest placed take another scalp at Complejo Deportivo Socialista?
- Metropolitanos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Metropolitanos could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Sudamericana game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Lanus, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Metropolitanos.
Academia Puerto Cabello form and stats
2-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Academia Puerto Cabello so far this season.
No payout for Academia Puerto Cabello in their previous match, an away game at Zamora Futbol Club that ended in defeat 0-1.
In the match before that, Academia hosted Carabobo and drew the game 1-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Academia Puerto Cabello as they are travelling to their away game against Zulia in the Primera Division. That match is three days after this one.
Academia Puerto Cabello aren't scoring a lot here at Complejo Deportivo Socialista in the league, with only 5 goals from 6 games. From these home matches, Academia Puerto Cabello have conceded only 5 goals.
Metropolitanos form and stats
3-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Metropolitanos in their Primera Division matches away.
Two away matches in a row for Metropolitanos, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Lanus in the Copa Sudamericana.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Aragua.A quick return to home after this game, as Metropolitanos are hosting Deportivo Lara in the Primera Division only three days away.
Metropolitanos have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: Academia Puerto Cabello won two, Metropolitanos triumphed in four and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals. The matches between these teams have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  R. Flores Barrios 4 goals |  S. Sosa Cordero 3 goals | R. Guerrero Reyes 2 goals |
Academia Puerto Cabello missing players
Metropolitanos missing players
| Academia Puerto Cabello | Metropolitanos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 69% |
| 38% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 46% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 46% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 46% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.1 | 6.1 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 4 | 3.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 9.7 | 8.8 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.3 | 8.3 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 28% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 37% | 44% |
| 10.2 | 6.8 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 11.4 | 10.5 |
| 4.1 | 1.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
- Metropolitanos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monagas | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 | Zamora Futbol Club | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Deportivo Tachira | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Metropolitanos | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 5 | Carabobo | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Portuguesa | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Hermanos Colmenares | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Caracas | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Deportivo La Guaira | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Estudiantes Merida | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Deportivo Lara | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Aragua | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Zulia | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 15 | Mineros de Guayana | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 14 |
| 16 | UCV | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
