Delightful dogfight as daring Caracas duel with determined Mineros de Guayana

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Competition: Venezuela Primera Division
Competition: Fri 13.May
Match begins: 21:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico de la UCV (23940 seats)

A classic home victory, the away team steals the points or a tactical 0-0 draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table inhabitants Caracas and Mineros de Guayana clash at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV.

Insights:
  • Caracas have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Mineros de Guayana have the most conceded goals (21) in Primera Division

Both sides have had enough rest since their previous match. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic game!

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Caracas form and stats

Caracas have performed here at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV this season with 3 wins from 6 Primera Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.

Caracas drew their last game, 0-0 away at Estudiantes Merida (placed 11th).

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 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as The Strongest are coming to town in four days.

A decent goal production from Caracas in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches.

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Mineros de Guayana form and stats

Playing away, Mineros de Guayana, who have the most conceded goals (21) in Primera Division, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Primera Division this season.

Mineros's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Deportivo La Guaira that finished 3-3. As you can tell from the result, the match against Deportivo La Guaira was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? The draw against Deportivo La Guaira came from a losing position. The Mineros de Guayana manager Márquez brought on Ruiz as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus UCV at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Mineros 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, 4 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

Mineros de Guayana find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Mineros de Guayana struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Caracas wins - draws - Mineros de Guayana wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Mineros de GuayanaR. Blanco Delgado
R. Blanco Delgado
4 goals
CaracasS. Akinyoola
S. Akinyoola
3 goals
CaracasM. Celis Napolitano
M. Celis Napolitano
2 goals

Caracas missing players

Mineros de Guayana missing players

Caracas Mineros de Guayana
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 2 5 11
3 3 0 Won W 1 2 4
6 3 2 Drew D 1 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 5
12 10 2 Scored S 3 6 13
12 6 2 Conceded C 1 9 21
82% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
36% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 55%
18% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 36%
9% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 18%
55% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 36%
36% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 36%
27% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 27%
 
3.1 2.8 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.6 5.5
5.5 5.2 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.2 3.6
2.9 3.5 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9 9.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.6 9
3.2 3.3 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.7
34% 50% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 38% 32%
 
12.9 13.3 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.2 10.3
4.4 4.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 5.2 4.9
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • All of Mineros de Guayana's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Caracas have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Caracas have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Caracas haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Mineros de Guayana have the most conceded goals (21) in Primera Division
  • Mineros de Guayana have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Primera Division
  • Mineros de Guayana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monagas 11 7 2 2 19 12 5 4 0 1 10 6 6 3 2 1 9 6 7 23
2 Deportivo Táchira 12 5 4 3 19 15 5 2 3 0 10 5 7 3 1 3 9 10 4 19
3 Metropolitanos 11 5 3 3 16 8 5 3 2 0 11 1 6 2 1 3 5 7 8 18
4 Carabobo 11 4 6 1 13 8 6 3 2 1 9 5 5 1 4 0 4 3 5 18
5 Deportivo La Guaira 11 4 5 2 21 17 6 3 2 1 11 8 5 1 3 1 10 9 4 17
6 Hermanos Colmenares 11 5 2 4 16 13 6 3 1 2 12 8 5 2 1 2 4 5 3 17
7 Zamora Futbol Club 11 3 7 1 12 7 6 2 3 1 6 3 5 1 4 0 6 4 5 16
8 Caracas 11 3 6 2 12 12 6 3 3 0 10 6 5 0 3 2 2 6 0 15
9 Mineros de Guayana 11 4 2 5 13 21 6 2 1 3 7 12 5 2 1 2 6 9 -8 14
10 Portuguesa 11 2 7 2 9 9 5 1 3 1 3 4 6 1 4 1 6 5 0 13
11 Estudiantes Merida 11 3 4 4 10 11 6 2 3 1 7 5 5 1 1 3 3 6 -1 13
12 Academia Puerto Cabello 11 3 4 4 11 16 5 2 2 1 4 4 6 1 2 3 7 12 -5 13
13 Deportivo Lara 12 3 3 6 8 13 6 1 2 3 3 6 6 2 1 3 5 7 -5 12
14 Aragua 11 2 5 4 12 13 5 1 3 1 3 3 6 1 2 3 9 10 -1 11
15 UCV 11 1 5 5 6 13 6 1 3 2 4 6 5 0 2 3 2 7 -7 8
16 Zulia 11 1 3 7 7 16 5 0 1 4 3 9 6 1 2 3 4 7 -9 6