It's only match two of the Primera Division for these squads. and fresh bodies and minds here at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida as Estudiantes Mérida greet Deportivo Táchira. Read this preview!
It's no vacation for neither Estudiantes Mérida nor Deportivo Táchira 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
In the previous season, Estudiantes Mérida's league results were 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses, leading to 4th spot in the Primera Division. Over these ten matches they scored 12 goals and gave away 22. Appearing as the home side in the former season Estudiantes Mérida generated 2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 9 goals and 6 conceded. Estudiantes Mérida's first Primera Division home game here at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat from 5 matches.
Estudiantes's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Deportivo Táchira (placed 2nd).
Heartbreak before that as Estudiantes Mérida lost 0-2 at Deportivo Táchira's place.At Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida, Estudiantes Mérida has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Deportivo Táchira form and stats
Let's have a look at how Deportivo Táchira performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 14 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 8/7 goals scored/conceded. Playing away, Deportivo Táchira have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Primera Division this season.
Táchira play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Estudiantes Mérida (placed 13th).
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Caracas (after extra-time).It's early days yet, but Deportivo Táchira has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
The former head-to-head encounter ended Estudiantes Mérida - Deportivo Táchira 1-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Estudiantes two wins, one draw and Deportivo Táchira seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Estudiantes Mérida missing players
Deportivo Táchira missing players
| Estudiantes Mérida | Deportivo Táchira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 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% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Estudiantes Mérida | Last season | Deportivo Táchira | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 35 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 20 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 51 | 30 | Scored | S | 27 | 63 | ||
| 47 | 18 | Conceded | C | 20 | 31 | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 74% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 80% | ||
| 53% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 54% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 21% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 14% | ||
| 53% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 46% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 46% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 17% | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 6 | ||
| 10.3 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 34% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 40% | ||
| 10.2 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monagas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Deportivo Táchira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Caracas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Deportivo La Guaira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Hermanos Colmenares | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Portuguesa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Zamora Futbol Club | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Carabobo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | UCV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Deportivo Lara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Zulia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Estudiantes Mérida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Aragua | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Metropolitanos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Mineros de Guayana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Deportivo Táchira | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 67 |
| 2 | Caracas | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 66 |
| 3 | Monagas | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 62 |
| 4 | Estudiantes Mérida | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -10 | 50 |
| 5 | Deportivo La Guaira | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 47 |
| 6 | Deportivo Lara | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 45 |
