Estudiantes Mérida have travelled here for an exciting battle versus the hosting Aragua. Get ready for the match with this in-depth Primera Division preview!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Copa Sudamericana. That game was also an away game, at Metropolitanos. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Aragua form and stats
1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Aragua so far this season.
Aragua lost their last game at Academia Puerto Cabello (placed 9th) after a 1-2 scoreline.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Hermanos Colmenares.This is expected to be a close game, with Aragua perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Aragua as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Aragua has won five of these, drawn five and lost five.
At Estadio Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez, Aragua has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Estudiantes Mérida form and stats
Estudiantes Mérida have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Primera Division were 0 victories, 0 draws and 5 defeats from 5 fixtures.
The attacking players of Estudiantes Mérida have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 211 minutes.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Carabobo.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Estudiantes Mérida playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were six Estudiantes Mérida wins, five draws and two defeats.
It's early days yet, but Estudiantes Mérida has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - six - three (Aragua wins - draws - Estudiantes Mérida wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  R. Febres Chacón 1 goals | Á. Chourio Galíndez 1 goals |  L. Peña Puentes 1 goals |
Aragua missing players
Estudiantes Mérida missing players
| Aragua | Estudiantes Mérida | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2.3 |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 5.3 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3.3 |
| 18% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 13 |
| 2.7 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 10 | 6.7 |
| Aragua | Last season | Estudiantes Mérida | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 21 | 51 | ||
| 36 | 11 | Conceded | C | 29 | 47 | ||
| 88% | 81% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 66% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 74% | ||
| 28% | 19% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 53% | ||
| 22% | 6% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 21% | ||
| 41% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 53% | ||
| 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 29% | ||
| 34% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 26% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 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 Táchira | 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 |
