Primera Division: Deportivo La Guaira welcome Estudiantes Mérida in what is nearly guaranteed to be an absorbing football match. Here's all the news, stats and facts!
- Deportivo La Guaira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Estudiantes Mérida have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
Estudiantes Mérida are staying put at 9th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.
It's no vacation for neither Deportivo La Guaira nor Estudiantes Mérida as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Deportivo La Guaira form and stats
Deportivo La Guaira have played 15 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Acosta led his Deportivo La Guaira to a defeat away at Caracas. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Metropolitanos.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Guaira matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 4 games).
Trench warfare? In this club's last 12 league matches, 9 have produced two goals or less.
There will be little rest for Deportivo La Guaira after this match as they are travelling to Hermanos Colmenares for a Primera Division game in only three days.
Deportivo La Guaira have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV with 23 goals in 15 league matches. 20 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Estudiantes Mérida form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Estudiantes Mérida so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 2-7-6 (win-draw-lose). It's three draws from Estudiantes Mérida's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Estudiantes had fun at their own home (Estadio Olímpico de la UCV) last time out, beating Hermanos Colmenares 3-2. García, Martínez and Ebo scored. Those three points felt nice as this club had gone three league games without victory.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Deportivo Tachira that ended 2-2.Betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 10 of this club's last 12 league games.
Estudiantes Mérida have another game away from home in just three sleeps, a Primera Division game against Caracas. A demanding timetable for the visiting team!
The visiting Estudiantes have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 15 games. Estudiantes Mérida have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Estudiantes Mérida - Deportivo La Guaira 2-1 was the end result in these sides' last H2H match, played this season. Araque (Estudiantes Mérida) was given a red card by the ref when these teams last played each other. Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Deportivo La Guaira won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Estudiantes Mérida managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Bolívar Alvarado 17 goals |  J. Vargas Rojas 6 goals | S. Herrera Yallonardo 5 goals |
Deportivo La Guaira missing players
Estudiantes Mérida missing players
| Deportivo La Guaira | Estudiantes Mérida | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 46 | 23 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 41 |
| 44 | 20 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 39 |
| 94% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 90% |
| 84% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 81% |
| 45% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 47% | 52% |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 29% |
| 26% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 67% | 65% |
| 26% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 13% | 26% |
| 23% | 13% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 27% | 19% |
| 5.3 | 6.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7 | 5.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 10.3 | 10.5 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.6 | 8.5 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 37% | 37% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 36% | 37% |
| 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 13 | 11 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
- Deportivo La Guaira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Estudiantes Mérida have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Estudiantes Mérida 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 | Zamora Futbol Club | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 44 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 55 |
| 2 | Metropolitanos | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 53 |
| 3 | Monagas | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 48 |
| 4 | Carabobo | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 46 |
| 5 | Deportivo La Guaira | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 46 |
| 6 | Deportivo Tachira | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 44 |
| 7 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | -3 | 41 |
| 8 | Hermanos Colmenares | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Estudiantes Mérida | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | Portuguesa | 30 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 37 |
| 11 | Caracas | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -2 | 36 |
| 12 | Deportivo Lara | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -4 | 36 |
| 13 | Mineros de Guayana | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | -11 | 34 |
| 14 | Zulia | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 32 |
| 15 | UCV | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -21 | 27 |
| 16 | Aragua | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | -17 | 24 |
