A total of 20 games are finished and Estudiantes Mérida are 3 points on top of Academia Puerto Cabello. What will happen?
- Estudiantes Mérida have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Academia Puerto Cabello have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This has all the signs of an absorbing match with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Estudiantes Mérida form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Estudiantes Mérida have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 10 games.
In their previous game, the manager González led his Estudiantes Mérida to a defeat away at Caracas. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida. Before that defeat this club had gone seven consecutive league fixtures without a defeat. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Vargas, having scored in three consecutive matches.
Before that, Estudiantes Mérida had a home game versus Zulia which ended with a victory 2-0.Estudiantes have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida with 15 goals in 10 league matches. Estudiantes Mérida are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.
Academia Puerto Cabello form and stats
3-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Academia Puerto Cabello in their Primera Division matches away. Academia Puerto Cabello love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
364 minutes! That's how long the Academia goalkeeper Miguel Alejandro Silva Jaimes and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Balanta and Sosa scored in Academia Puerto Cabello's previous match, the home game against UCV that ended 3-0.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Carabobo at their stadium, the result 1-0.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Academia Puerto Cabello have scored 11 goals in 10 league games away. Academia's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Estudiantes Mérida and Academia Puerto Cabello have faced off already this season: Academia Puerto Cabello - Estudiantes Mérida 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Estudiantes Mérida one win, three draws and Academia Puerto Cabello three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 4 sending-offs from the last seven duels.Top Goalscorers
  J. Vargas Rojas 5 goals |  S. Sosa Cordero 5 goals | A. Araque Peña 4 goals |
Estudiantes Mérida missing players
Academia Puerto Cabello missing players
| Estudiantes Mérida | Academia Puerto Cabello | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 26 | 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 22 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 26 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 75% | 70% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 75% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 40% |
| 25% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 20% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 10% |
| 55% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 35% | 60% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 30% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 3.5 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8.1 | 9.6 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.5 | 8.8 |
| 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 39% | 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 35% |
| 10.8 | 8.8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 12.5 | 10.7 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | 3.8 |
- Academia Puerto Cabello have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Academia Puerto Cabello haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Estudiantes Mérida have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Estudiantes Mérida have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 37 |
| 2 | Zamora Futbol Club | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Monagas | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 35 |
| 4 | Deportivo Táchira | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Caracas | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | Deportivo La Guaira | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 29 |
| 7 | Estudiantes Mérida | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Portuguesa | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Carabobo | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Zulia | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 11 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Hermanos Colmenares | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Mineros de Guayana | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -12 | 20 |
| 14 | UCV | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 19 |
| 15 | Aragua | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | Deportivo Lara | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 18 |
