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