The fresh new season is about to begin and the fans are trembling with excitement. It’s square one as Deportivo Lara greet Estudiantes Mérida for the opening match at Estadio Farid Richa. Read on!
- Deportivo Lara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Estudiantes Mérida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This looks to be an engaging game with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Game on!
Deportivo Lara form and stats
In the previous season, Deportivo Lara's league results were 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, ending with 3rd spot in the Primera Division. In these six matches they scored 9 goals and gave away 4. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season Deportivo Lara generated 3-0-0 (win-draw-lost) with 7 goals and 2 conceded.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lara have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost one.
The manager L. González will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Monagas in only three days.
Estudiantes Mérida form and stats
Let's have a look at how Estudiantes Mérida performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In total they scored 10 and conceded 9 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 2/7 goals scored/conceded.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Estudiantes in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Estudiantes Mérida, six draws and two defeats.
After this away game Estudiantes Mérida return home for a Primera Division game against Caracas. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Lara wins - draws - Estudiantes Mérida wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Rojas Ordosgoitti 10 goals |  A. Araque Peña 8 goals | J. Hernández Córdova 6 goals |
Deportivo Lara missing players
Estudiantes Mérida missing players
| Deportivo Lara | Estudiantes Mérida | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 42 | 21 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 18 | 39 |
| 30 | 17 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 25 |
| 88% | 92% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 88% |
| 83% | 92% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 42% | 42% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 67% | 92% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 25% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 21% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 4.9 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 10.3 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.1 | 10.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 36% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 33% |
- Deportivo Lara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Estudiantes Mérida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Deportivo Táchira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Caracas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Monagas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Estudiantes Mérida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Deportivo La Guaira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Deportivo Lara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |