Tense top table potboiler in Primera Division as Metropolitanos have come the 497 miles required to reach Deportivo Táchira at their Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo.
- Deportivo Táchira have the most scored goals (19) at home in Primera Division
- Metropolitanos is in the best form (5-0-1) in Primera Division
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Deportivo Táchira form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 9 Primera Division games here at Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo for Deportivo Táchira. The data says 5 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Cristopher Javier Varela Caicedo not having conceded a league goal in 189 minutes.
The Deportivo Táchira manager Pallarés and his pawns return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Portuguesa (placed 7th).
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 Táchira have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.
A fact: This team have finished 5 league rounds in a row with only one (or none) side scoring.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Deportivo Táchira's attacking play is working.
Metropolitanos form and stats
6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Metropolitanos playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Metropolitanos on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Ortiz and Vargas scored in Metropolitanos's previous match, the home game against Hermanos Colmenares that ended 2-1.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Aragua with the score of 3-2.Metropolitanos 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, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
The visiting Metropolitanos have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Metropolitanos in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these parties get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Metropolitanos - Táchira 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Deportivo Táchira wins - draws - Metropolitanos wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Tortolero Toro 6 goals |  C. Ortiz García 6 goals | R. Flores Barrios 5 goals |
Deportivo Táchira missing players
Metropolitanos missing players
| Deportivo Táchira | Metropolitanos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 28 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 31 |
| 24 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 17 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 89% |
| 84% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 79% |
| 53% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 53% |
| 21% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 21% |
| 11% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 58% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 53% |
| 26% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 37% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6 | 6.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.5 | 5.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 9.9 | 13.4 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.7 | 9.6 |
| 4.2 | 6.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 34% | 34% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 34% | 42% |
| 7.4 | 6.6 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 11.4 | 10.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
- Deportivo Táchira have not yet lost a game at home.
- Deportivo Táchira have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Deportivo Táchira have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Deportivo Táchira have the most scored goals (19) at home in Primera Division
- Deportivo Táchira haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Metropolitanos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Metropolitanos have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Primera Division
- Metropolitanos have the most points (19) away in Primera Division
- Metropolitanos have the the best goal difference (+14) in Primera Division
- Metropolitanos is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 | Metropolitanos | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Zamora Futbol Club | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Monagas | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Deportivo Táchira | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Estudiantes Merida | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Deportivo La Guaira | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Portuguesa | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | Caracas | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Carabobo | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Zulia | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 22 |
| 11 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | Hermanos Colmenares | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 13 | UCV | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 19 |
| 14 | Mineros de Guayana | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 19 |
| 15 | Aragua | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Deportivo Lara | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
