After the first game it's Aragua - Gran Valencia 1-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second Primera Division game of the season?
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Copa Sudamericana. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lanus, was also a home game here at Estadio Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez. The away team is better rested.
Aragua form and stats
Aragua drew their last game, also a home match. Lanus was the opponent, 0-0 the score. A 0-0 draw away in the Primera Division before that, with Deportivo La Guaira the opponent.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Aragua as they are travelling to their away game against La Equidad in the Copa Sudamericana. That match is four days after this one.
Last season, Aragua's league statistics were 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Primera Division. Over these five matches they scored 4 goals and conceded 4. Playing at home last season Aragua managed 1-0-2 (win-draw-lost) with 1 goal and 2 conceded.
Gran Valencia form and stats
Valencia are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Primera Division against Carabobo (placed 7th). A loss against Deportivo Tachira was the result prior to that, in a home game.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Academia Puerto Cabello in just four days.
Let's have a look at how Gran Valencia performed last season in the Segunda Division: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 0 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 2 and conceded 8 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 1/6 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Aragua won one, Gran Valencia won zero and one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Aragua missing players
Gran Valencia missing players
| Aragua | Gran Valencia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Aragua | Last season | Gran Valencia | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 20 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Scored | S | 8 | 13 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 95% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 47% | 30% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 26% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 21% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 15% | ||
| 5% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 10% | ||
| 37% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 35% | ||
| 26% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 30% | ||
| 42% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 55% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.1 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 23% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yaracuyanos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Gran Valencia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Aragua | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Deportivo La Guaira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Deportivo Lara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Carabobo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | Caracas | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 30 |
| 3 | Aragua | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Metropolitanos | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Zamora Futbol Club | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Gran Valencia | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -13 | 13 |
| 7 | Portuguesa | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -14 | 11 |
| 8 | Monagas | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 7 |