Can Caracas beat Estudiantes Mérida in Estadio Olímpico de la UCV clash?

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Competition: Venezuela Primera Division
Date: Sun 02.February
Match begins: 22:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico de la UCV (23940 seats)

It's the first game of the new season for Caracas and Estudiantes Mérida. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.

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Caracas form and stats

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Caracas have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost one.

Last season, Caracas's league statistics were 8 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Primera Division. Over these 18 matches they scored 22 goals and conceded 15. Playing at home last season Caracas managed 3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 11 conceded.

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Estudiantes Mérida form and stats

We have checked recent matches where Estudiantes Mérida have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were Wone-Dtwo-Lseven.

Let's have a look at how Estudiantes Mérida performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 16/14 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Caracas won four, Estudiantes Mérida won two and four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Caracas missing players

Estudiantes Mérida missing players

Caracas Estudiantes Mérida
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
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%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 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
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Caracas Last season Estudiantes Mérida
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
47 23   Played P   22 45
21 11   Won W   5 16
16 7   Drew D   9 17
10 5   Lost L   8 12
70 39   Scored S   24 58
43 24   Conceded C   22 39
91% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 87%
70% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 67%
43% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   36% 40%
23% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 13%
11% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 4%
49% 52%   BTTS BTTS   50% 49%
43% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 36%
17% 13%   Failed to Score F T   41% 29%
 
4 4.3   Corners For (avg) C F   4.7 5.9
4.6 4.8   Corners Against (avg) C A   4.6 4.2
2.6 2.3   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
9 5   Red Cards R C   5 13
 
430 248   Total Shots T S   184 421
168 96   Shots on Target S O   65 169
42% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aragua 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Deportivo Lara 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Portuguesa 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 LALA 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Monagas 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Academia Puerto Cabello 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Atletico Venezuela 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Deportivo Tachira 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Yaracuyanos 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Carabobo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Caracas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Deportivo La Guaira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Estudiantes Mérida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Gran Valencia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Llaneros de Guanare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Trujillanos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Zamora Futbol Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Zulia 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Mineros de Guayana 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Metropolitanos 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 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 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 Mérida 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