Caracas supporters put their faith in manager Garzone to deliver victory against Portuguesa

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Competition: Venezuela Primera Division
Competition: Sat 26.March
Match begins: 23:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico de la UCV (23940 seats)

This has all the signs of yet another absorbing skirmish at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV in the Primera Division. Caracas is in 10th position and receive Portuguesa in 8th position. Read about the match here!

Insights:
  • Portuguesa have the most points from losing position (4) in Primera Division

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Caracas form and stats

Only two Primera Division home games for Caracas so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Caracas faced defeat in their previous match, away at Metropolitanos (0-3).

Before that, Caracas drew at home versus Zamora Futbol Club.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Caracas's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won four matches, drawn zero and lost two.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Caracas at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Portuguesa form and stats

Four points from two away games for Portuguesa, meaning one draw and one victory in the Primera Division so far.

Portuguesa delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Zulia (placed 16th) in their previous match.

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-2 at Monagas.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Portuguesa playing away, we found seven games. Results were two away wins, zero draws and five home wins.

It's early days yet, but Portuguesa has scored 5 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - two - zero (Caracas wins - draws - Portuguesa wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been hostile, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

PortuguesaW. Jordán Gil
W. Jordán Gil
3 goals

Caracas missing players

Portuguesa missing players

Caracas Portuguesa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 2 0 Scored S 0 5 6
5 1 0 Conceded C 0 3 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 75%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
2.8 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.5 6.5
5.2 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 2.8
2 3.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.5 10.2
3.2 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 4.8
23% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 71% 32%
 
13.5 16.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 8.8
5 4.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Portuguesa have the most points from losing position (4) in Primera Division
Caracas Last season Portuguesa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   16 32
19 12   Won W   6 13
10 2   Drew D   4 10
6 3   Lost L   6 9
70 40   Scored S   19 41
33 18   Conceded C   18 28
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   81% 84%
86% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 66%
51% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 38%
40% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 19%
14% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 9%
51% 53%   BTTS BTTS   50% 41%
37% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 41%
17% 6%   Failed to Score F T   38% 34%
 
4.1 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.5
4.1 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.7
2.3 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.7
6 1   Red cards R C   1 5
 
10.5 10   Shots (avg) S (   9.9 10.1
4.8 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.5
42% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 30%
 
7.8 5.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.1 8.6
3.4 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.4

  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 La Guaira 5 4 1 0 7 1 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 6 13
2 Deportivo Tachira 5 3 1 1 9 5 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 2 0 1 5 4 4 10
3 Metropolitanos 4 3 0 1 7 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 5 9
4 Zamora Futbol Club 5 2 3 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 4 9
5 Monagas 4 2 1 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 7
6 Carabobo 5 1 3 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
7 Mineros de Guayana 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 -1 6
8 Portuguesa 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 5 3 0 5
9 Deportivo Lara 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 5
10 Caracas 4 1 2 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -2 5
11 Academia Puerto Cabello 5 1 2 2 6 9 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 1 2 3 7 -3 5
12 UCV 5 1 2 2 2 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -3 5
13 Hermanos Colmenares 5 1 1 3 6 7 3 1 1 1 6 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -1 4
14 Estudiantes Merida 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 -2 4
15 Aragua 4 1 0 3 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 3
16 Zulia 5 0 1 4 2 9 3 0 0 3 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 -7 1