Deportivo La Guaira go on their trip to Estudiantes Mérida and Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida full of confidence, but the team playing at home is not a walk in the park. More news on the game here!
- Estudiantes Mérida have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Deportivo La Guaira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Estudiantes are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 9th place whatever happens now. Deportivo La Guaira are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
It's no vacation for neither Estudiantes nor Deportivo La Guaira 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
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Estudiantes Mérida have managed 7 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 15 games.
The spoils were shared in Estudiantes Mérida's previous game, also at home. Visiting Caracas travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Caracas.This is expected to be a close game, with Estudiantes Mérida perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Estudiantes as a small favourite), we find 20 games. Estudiantes Mérida has won 7 of these, drawn 7 and lost 6.
Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 15 latest league matches reveals that 12 of them had at least one goal from each team.
The Estudiantes Mérida fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 15 matches. From these home matches, Estudiantes have conceded only 14 goals.
Deportivo La Guaira form and stats
5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Deportivo La Guaira playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Deportivo La Guaira are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Deportivo La Guaira have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 253 minutes ago. Bolivar was the goal scorer.
Guaira's last game was the home draw against Hermanos Colmenares (0-0).
Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Hermanos Colmenares's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Deportivo La Guaira playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 3 Deportivo La Guaira wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
A new game in only two days for Deportivo La Guaira, the Primera Division home match versus Caracas. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Guaira's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Deportivo La Guaira have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Estudiantes and Deportivo La Guaira have faced off before this season: Deportivo La Guaira - Estudiantes Mérida 1-0. Estudiantes Mérida-Deportivo La Guaira H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Estudiantes Mérida two wins, Deportivo La Guaira five wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these teams have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Bolívar Alvarado 18 goals |  A. Araque Peña 6 goals | J. Vargas Rojas 6 goals |
Estudiantes Mérida missing players
Deportivo La Guaira missing players
| Estudiantes Mérida | Deportivo La Guaira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 44 | 26 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 23 | 47 |
| 42 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 28 | 48 |
| 91% | 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 91% |
| 79% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | 79% |
| 50% | 53% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 47% | 44% |
| 26% | 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 35% | 29% |
| 6% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | 24% |
| 65% | 65% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 47% | 53% |
| 24% | 35% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | 29% |
| 21% | 12% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 35% | 26% |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 5.4 | 4.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8.5 | 10.2 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 10.2 | 10.3 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 36% | 37% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 37% | 35% |
| 11.1 | 9.3 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 8.9 | 7.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
- Deportivo La Guaira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Estudiantes Mérida have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | 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 Tachira | 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 |
