It's only the second fixture in the Primera Division for these teams. and fresh optimism here at Estadio Farid Richa as Deportivo Lara welcome Caracas. Read this preview!
These are hustling days for the home side, as they played only four days ago in the Primera Division. That game was an away game at Zulia, so at least Deportivo Lara are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Deportivo Lara form and stats
Last season, Deportivo Lara's league stats were 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, results that produced 6th spot in the Primera Division. Over these ten matches they scored 10 goals and conceded 9. Performing at their own stadium in the former season Deportivo Lara generated 2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 5 conceded.
It's back home for Lara, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Zulia away with the result 1-0.
Caracas form and stats
Let's have a look at how Caracas performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded 15 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 1 with 10/4 goals scored/conceded.
Caracas have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alain Baroja Mendez. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Primera Division.
The supporters enjoyed Caracas's previous match versus Aragua (placed 13th), a 1-0 win played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Deportivo Tachira (after extra-time).Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these sides: Lara won four, Caracas triumphed in three and we saw three draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, eight matches with under 2,5 goals.Deportivo Lara missing players
Caracas missing players
| Deportivo Lara | Caracas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Deportivo Lara | Last season | Caracas | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 35 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 19 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Drew | D | 8 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 52 | 29 | Scored | S | 30 | 70 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Conceded | C | 15 | 33 | ||
| 82% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 94% | ||
| 74% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 86% | ||
| 53% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 51% | ||
| 38% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 39% | 40% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 14% | ||
| 59% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 51% | ||
| 29% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 37% | ||
| 29% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 17% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 6 | ||
| 9.3 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 42% | ||
| 7.9 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 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 | Monagas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Deportivo Tachira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Caracas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Deportivo La Guaira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Deportivo Lara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hermanos Colmenares | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Portuguesa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Zamora Futbol Club | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Carabobo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | UCV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Estudiantes Merida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Aragua | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Metropolitanos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Zulia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Mineros de Guayana | 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 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 67 |
| 2 | Caracas | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 66 |
| 3 | Monagas | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 62 |
| 4 | Estudiantes Merida | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -10 | 50 |
| 5 | Deportivo La Guaira | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 47 |
| 6 | Deportivo Lara | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 45 |
