After league round 1 it's Estudiantes Mérida - Academia Puerto Cabello 0-3 in points. Who will conquer the points in this second Primera Division match of the season?
It's no vacation for neither Estudiantes nor Academia Puerto Cabello as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Estudiantes Mérida form and stats
Last season, Estudiantes Mérida's league statistics were 9 wins, 12 draws and 9 losses, producing 9th place in the Primera Division. Over these 30 matches they scored {38 goals} and gave away 37. Performing at their own stadium in the previous season Estudiantes Mérida delivered 7-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with {22 goals} and 14 conceded.
The followers are hoping that Estudiantes Mérida will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Deportivo Táchira (placed 2nd).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Hermanos Colmenares with a 5-2 scoreline.Academia Puerto Cabello form and stats
Let's have a look at how Academia Puerto Cabello performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 8 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded {41 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 18/23 goals scored/conceded.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-0 against Rayo Zuliano in their previous game.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Portuguesa.Head 2 Head
Academia Puerto Cabello have won or drawn the last 6 matches (3-3-0) versus Estudiantes.Estudiantes Mérida missing players
Academia Puerto Cabello missing players
| Estudiantes Mérida | Academia Puerto Cabello | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Estudiantes Mérida | Last season | Academia Puerto Cabello | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 50 | 27 | Scored | S | 22 | 45 | ||
| 45 | 18 | Conceded | C | 25 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 81% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 75% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 25% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 56% | ||
| 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 28% | ||
| 19% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 25% | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8.7 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 11.2 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Deportivo Táchira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Zamora Futbol Club | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Angostura | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Metropolitanos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | UCV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Carabobo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Deportivo La Guaira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Monagas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Caracas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Mineros de Guayana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Portuguesa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Hermanos Colmenares | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Estudiantes Mérida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Rayo Zuliano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | 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 Mérida | 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 |
