Deportivo Lara hope to have lots of fans in for this game even though the season has been gruelling so far with 36 points and a 12th spot in the Primera Division table. Opponents Academia Puerto Cabello hold 7th place with 41 pts.
- Deportivo Lara is in the best form (4-0-2) in Primera Division
- Academia Puerto Cabello have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Deportivo Lara can neither be promoted or relegated from Primera Division. Academia Puerto Cabello have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 7th place no matter what happens.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Deportivo Lara form and stats
5-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Deportivo Lara so far this season.
The Lara goalkeeper Luis Eduardo Curiel Riera is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera Division.
It's back home for Deportivo Lara, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Portuguesa away with the result 1-0.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Portuguesa in a game that was won 1-0.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 Lara have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
The manager Parra will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Deportivo Táchira in only two days.
The Deportivo Lara fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 15 matches.
Academia Puerto Cabello form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. Momentum is building for Academia Puerto Cabello in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Academia goalkeeper Miguel Alejandro Silva Jaimes is eager to challenge this, with his 186 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two away matches in a row for Academia Puerto Cabello, whose manager Tolisano could celebrate last time after the win against Deportivo Táchira.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Deportivo Táchira.Academia Puerto Cabello are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
After this away game Academia return home for a Primera Division game against Portuguesa. That game is only two sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Academia Puerto Cabello have scored 18 goals in 15 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Academia Puerto Cabello have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent meetings involving these two teams have all finished as Academia Puerto Cabello wins. More of the same or streak broken?The latest H2H meeting ended Academia Puerto Cabello - Deportivo Lara 3-1, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Sosa Cordero 9 goals |  L. Hernández Quintero 7 goals |
Deportivo Lara missing players
Academia Puerto Cabello missing players
| Deportivo Lara | Academia Puerto Cabello | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 35 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 22 | 45 |
| 41 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | 43 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 62% | 65% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 76% | 76% |
| 38% | 35% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 53% | 50% |
| 26% | 18% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 29% | 26% |
| 9% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | 12% |
| 41% | 35% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 59% | 59% |
| 38% | 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 29% | 29% |
| 32% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | 21% |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.8 | 9.9 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 26% | 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | 33% |
| 8 | 7.6 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 11.6 | 10.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
- Academia Puerto Cabello have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Academia Puerto Cabello haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Deportivo Lara is in the best form (4-0-2) in Primera Division
| 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 Táchira | 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 Merida | 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 |
