Estudiantes Mérida will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Metropolitanos.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Primera Division match only three days ago.
Estudiantes Mérida form and stats
Estudiantes Mérida are yet to win a home game this season, having collected 5 points from their first 3 games.The fans are hoping that Estudiantes Mérida will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Primera Division game against Caracas (placed 6th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Trujillanos with a 1-0 scoreline.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Estudiantes Mérida, as the Primera Division home game vs Metropolitanos is only zero days away.
Estudiantes Mérida has scored 4 goals at home this season, in 3 matches. On the other hand, Estudiantes Mérida have conceded 3 goals.
Metropolitanos form and stats
As the visiting team Metropolitanos have produced an overall stat of 2-1-0 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Metropolitanos are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.There were no winners in Metropolitanos's previous match, a Primera Division home game that ended 0-0 vs Deportivo La Guaira (placed 4th). A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs LALA.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Metropolitanos manager J. Morr as the team has another away game coming up in only zero days, this time against Estudiantes Mérida.
Metropolitanos has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Metropolitanos are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 3 Estudiantes Mérida victories, 1 draw and 2 Metropolitanos wins.Estudiantes Mérida missing players
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| Estudiantes Mérida | Metropolitanos | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | Played | 5 | 8 |
| 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 80% | 88% |
| 38% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 80% | 88% |
| 12% | 33% | Over 2.5 | 80% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 20% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 100% | Both teams to score | 40% | 38% |
| 38% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 40% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | Failed To Score | 40% | 25% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Carabobo | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | Metropolitanos | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Caracas | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Zamora Fútbol Club | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Deportivo La Guaira | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Deportivo Táchira | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Mineros de Guayana | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Aragua | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Zulia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Atlético Venezuela | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Estudiantes Mérida | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Monagas | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Estudiantes Caracas | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Deportivo Lara | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 15 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | Portuguesa | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | Llaneros de Guanare | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | LALA | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -10 | 6 |
| 19 | Deportivo Anzoátegui | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 5 |
| 20 | Trujillanos | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
