Primera Division match preview: Caracas versus Deportivo Táchira

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Competition: Venezuela Primera Division
Date: Sun 01.December
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olimpico de la UCV (23940 seats)

Caracas and Deportivo Táchira are both riding high in the Primera Division with their 2nd and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Caracas and Deportivo Táchira.

It's quite the trip for Deportivo Táchira when visiting Caracas as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Caracas form and stats

When playing at home in the Primera Division, Caracas, who have the most clean sheets (20) in Primera Division, have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Olimpico de la UCV.

The Caracas goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 309 minutes without conceding a goal.

The Caracas supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Deportivo Lara in Primera Division and win 2-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Deportivo Lara with a 1-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Caracas handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D2-L1.

A decent goal production from Caracas in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Deportivo Táchira form and stats

Playing away, Deportivo Táchira, who have the most scored goals (32) in Primera Division, have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Primera Division this season. Deportivo Táchira has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Deportivo Táchira are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Primera Division against Deportivo La Guaira. A 0-1 defeat away at Deportivo La Guaira before that.

Deportivo Táchira are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Deportivo Táchira find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Deportivo Táchira are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Caracas - Deportivo Táchira 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Caracas victories, 6 draws and 2 Deportivo Táchira wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Deportivo TáchiraL. Gómez
L. Gómez
16 goals
CaracasJ. Arrieta
J. Arrieta
12 goals
CaracasR. Celis
R. Celis
11 goals

Caracas missing players

Deportivo Táchira missing players

Caracas Deportivo Táchira
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
43 21 5 Played P 5 20 41
21 11 3 Won W 2 5 22
12 5 0 Drew D 0 3 6
10 5 2 Lost L 3 12 13
65 37 9 Scored S 5 17 67
38 22 5 Conceded C 6 26 42
91% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
67% 76% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 55% 71%
44% 57% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 45% 59%
23% 33% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 20% 29%
12% 14% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
44% 48% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 40% 49%
47% 43% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 20% 32%
19% 14% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 45% 24%
 
3.9 4.2 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3.4 3 4
4.5 4.8 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.6 5.2 4.7
2.5 2.3 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3 2.8
8 5 1 Red Cards R C 1 3 5
 
398 234 39 Total Shots T S 29 151 363
158 92 16 Shots on Target S O 10 63 168
41% 40% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 25% 39%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Caracas has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13)
  • Caracas has the most clean sheets (20)
  • Caracas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Caracas have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Deportivo Táchira have scored away.
  • Deportivo Táchira has the most scored goals (32)
  • Deportivo Táchira has the most scored goals in the second half (39)
  • Deportivo Táchira has the the best goal difference (+18)
  • Deportivo Táchira have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Deportivo Táchira 18 12 3 3 32 14 10 8 2 0 24 7 8 4 1 3 8 7 18 39
2 Caracas 18 8 6 4 22 15 8 3 2 3 12 11 10 5 4 1 10 4 7 30
3 Llaneros de Guanare 18 9 3 6 27 26 9 6 2 1 12 6 9 3 1 5 15 20 1 30
4 Deportivo La Guaira 18 7 7 4 22 13 10 4 4 2 15 7 8 3 3 2 7 6 9 28
5 Trujillanos 18 8 4 6 28 25 8 4 3 1 12 7 10 4 1 5 16 18 3 28
6 Deportivo Lara 18 7 6 5 22 16 10 6 2 2 14 7 8 1 4 3 8 9 6 27
7 Aragua 18 7 6 5 19 14 8 3 3 2 9 6 10 4 3 3 10 8 5 27
8 Metropolitanos 18 7 6 5 23 20 8 5 2 1 17 11 10 2 4 4 6 9 3 27
9 Mineros de Guayana 18 6 7 5 20 18 9 6 3 0 12 3 9 0 4 5 8 15 2 25
10 Academia Puerto Cabello 18 5 8 5 29 27 9 3 4 2 16 12 9 2 4 3 13 15 2 23
11 Portuguesa 18 6 5 7 13 17 10 3 4 3 5 8 8 3 1 4 8 9 -4 23
12 Zamora Futbol Club 18 5 7 6 24 18 9 4 3 2 17 7 9 1 4 4 7 11 6 22
13 Carabobo 18 6 4 8 27 27 9 3 3 3 16 14 9 3 1 5 11 13 0 22
14 Zulia 18 6 4 8 27 32 9 4 0 5 15 16 9 2 4 3 12 16 -5 22
15 Estudiantes Merida 18 7 3 8 27 21 9 5 1 3 11 7 9 2 2 5 16 14 6 21
16 Estudiantes Caracas 18 4 5 9 17 36 10 1 3 6 5 18 8 3 2 3 12 18 -19 17
17 LALA 18 4 5 9 9 28 9 2 3 4 6 12 9 2 2 5 3 16 -19 17
18 Monagas 18 2 9 7 21 30 8 1 5 2 10 12 10 1 4 5 11 18 -9 15
19 Atletico Venezuela 18 3 6 9 12 24 9 2 3 4 8 14 9 1 3 5 4 10 -12 15