Mineros de Guayana favourites for feisty fight facing Atlético Venezuela

The hosts Mineros de Guayana saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Copa Venezuela. Thankfully the previous game, versus Deportivo La Guaira, was also a home game here at Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay. The away team is better rested. That game was an away game at Deportivo La Guaira, so at least Mineros de Guayana are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Mineros de Guayana form and stats

15 points is a decent return from 7 Primera Division games here at Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay for Mineros de Guayana, who have the most clean sheets (17) in Primera Division,. The data says 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Mineros de Guayana tasted defeat here at Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games.

The Mineros de Guayana fans got no joy from their last match, a Copa Venezuela game also here at Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay: A 0-3 defeat against Deportivo La Guaira (placed 10th). 0-0 away at Deportivo La Guaira before that.

Mineros de Guayana lost the game against Deportivo La Guaira in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Mineros de Guayana matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from four games).

Mineros de Guayana are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 attempts. Defensively Mineros de Guayana have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Atlético Venezuela form and stats

There's been little loot from Atlético Venezuela's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Primera Division. Atlético Venezuela only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Atlético Venezuela, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Atlético Venezuela won their last game, 2-1 versus Monagas played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Estudiantes Mérida before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Atlético Venezuela playing away, we found two games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 1 home win.

Atlético Venezuela are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 7 away games. 8 goals have been conceded by Atlético Venezuela in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Atlético Venezuela - Mineros de Guayana 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Mineros de Guayana won 5 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Atlético Venezuela has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

R. Blanco 17 goals

A. Gómez 7 goals

J. Granados 4 goals

Mineros de Guayana missing players

Atlético Venezuela missing players