Very important fight in the cellar of the Primera Division, with both Mineros de Guayana and Portuguesa going through more concern than happiness. This match is a typical "six-pointer" with the hosts placed 14th and the guests in 11th place.
- Mineros de Guayana have the most conceded goals (51) in Primera Division
- Portuguesa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Primera Division
Mineros de Guayana are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Portuguesa most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
These teams have little in common geographically as Portuguesa have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Portuguesa could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Primera Division game only four sleeps ago.
Mineros de Guayana form and stats
Mineros de Guayana, who have the most conceded goals (51) in Primera Division, have played 14 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-6 (wins-draws-losses). When Mineros de Guayana hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Mineros de Guayana, Aragua, UCV, Deportivo Lara and Zulia), they have won 2 of 4 matches!
Mineros de Guayana enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Deportivo Lara's place. The match ended 3-2 with Blanco (2) and Uzcátegui scoring. A huge relief, as that was the first league victory after going winless in six games in a row.
Before that game, the home loss against Carabobo with the scoreline 2-3.This is expected to be a close game, with Mineros de Guayana perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mineros de Guayana as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Mineros de Guayana has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Lots of goals and action? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league matches with this club has contained three or more goals.
There will be little rest for Mineros de Guayana after this match as they are travelling to Monagas for a Primera Division game in only four days.
The Mineros fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 14 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mineros de Guayana defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Portuguesa form and stats
2-9-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Portuguesa in their Primera Division matches away.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Monagas with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Before that, Portuguesa travelled to Zulia and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Portuguesa playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 3 Portuguesa wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Low-scoring game? 19 of this club's latest 25 league matches have seen two or less goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Academia Puerto Cabello in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Portuguesa as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
This was the result when the teams met earlier this season; Portuguesa - Mineros de Guayana 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Mineros victories, two draws and four Portuguesa wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Blanco Delgado 13 goals |   W. Jordán Gil 5 goals | K. Kelsy Genez 4 goals |
Mineros de Guayana missing players
Portuguesa missing players
| Mineros de Guayana | Portuguesa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 39 | 22 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 51 | 26 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 64% | 68% |
| 89% | 93% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 50% | 50% |
| 57% | 79% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 21% | 25% |
| 43% | 50% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 11% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 64% | 71% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 14% | 14% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | 46% |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9.4 | 10.9 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 7.7 | 9.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 34% | 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 30% | 22% |
| 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 11.5 | 9.7 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
- Mineros de Guayana have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mineros de Guayana have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Primera Division
- Mineros de Guayana have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Primera Division
- Mineros de Guayana have the most conceded goals (26) at home in Primera Division
- Mineros de Guayana have the most conceded goals (51) in Primera Division
- Mineros de Guayana have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Primera Division
- Mineros de Guayana have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Primera Division
- Mineros de Guayana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portuguesa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Primera Division
- Portuguesa have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Primera Division
- Portuguesa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 Fútbol Club | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 51 |
| 2 | Metropolitanos | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 50 |
| 3 | Monagas | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 47 |
| 4 | Carabobo | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 42 |
| 5 | Deportivo La Guaira | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 42 |
| 6 | Deportivo Táchira | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 40 |
| 7 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -2 | 40 |
| 8 | Estudiantes Mérida | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 38 |
| 9 | Caracas | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | Hermanos Colmenares | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Portuguesa | 28 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 33 |
| 12 | Deportivo Lara | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 33 |
| 13 | Zulia | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -9 | 32 |
| 14 | Mineros de Guayana | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | -12 | 30 |
| 15 | UCV | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -16 | 27 |
| 16 | Aragua | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -16 | 21 |
