The Deportivo Lara & Caracas managers L. González and N. Sanvicente Bethelmy are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Primera Division league table.
- Deportivo Lara has the most clean sheets (12) in Primera Division
- Caracas has the most scored goals (12) in Primera Division
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Deportivo Lara and Caracas.
Deportivo Lara form and stats
Perfect Primera Division season at home so far for Deportivo Lara, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Primera Division, 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 189 minutes.
Lara's last game was hosting Yaracuyanos and winning 3-0. Before that match, a win away at Carabobo.
Goals decide football matches and Deportivo Lara are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. Lara are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Rafael Agustín Tovar in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Caracas form and stats
The seven points Caracas have gathered from their first three away trips in the Primera Division is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
The Caracas goalkeeper Beycker Eduardo Velasquez Ortega is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 253 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
R. Hernández and K. Osei scored in Caracas's previous match, the home game against Portuguesa that ended 2-0. A 0-0 draw at Aragua's stadium before that.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Caracas are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 0 goals away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lara three wins, one draw and Caracas six victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Á. Sánchez Córdoba 7 goals |  R. Hernández Aguado 7 goals | A. Blanco 6 goals |
Deportivo Lara missing players
Caracas missing players
| Deportivo Lara | Caracas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 37 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 85% |
| 68% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 55% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| 14% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 41% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| 55% | 55% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.2 | 8.8 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 7.4 | 10.5 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 5.2 |
| 46% | 48% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 50% | 38% |
- Caracas has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Primera Division
- Caracas has the most points (7) away in Primera Division
- Caracas has the most scored goals (12) in Primera Division
- Caracas has the the best goal difference (+10) in Primera Division
- Caracas have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Deportivo Lara has the most clean sheets (12) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Lara has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Primera Division
- Deportivo Lara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Deportivo Lara have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Caracas | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Deportivo Lara | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Monagas | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Atletico Venezuela | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Estudiantes Merida | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Deportivo La Guaira | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Trujillanos | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Zulia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Aragua | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Metropolitanos | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Yaracuyanos | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Mineros de Guayana | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Carabobo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 16 | Portuguesa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Deportivo Táchira | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | Gran Valencia | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 19 | LALA | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 1 |