Portuguesa have journeyed here for an absorbing game against the hosting Mineros de Guayana. Read up on the game with this full Primera Division preview!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Mineros de Guayana form and stats
The club members are hoping that Mineros de Guayana will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against Monagas (placed 6th).
Heartbreak before that as Mineros de Guayana lost 0-2 at Angostura's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mineros have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 4.
The manager López will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rayo Zuliano in only four days.
Portuguesa form and stats
Let's have a look at how Portuguesa performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 16 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded {27 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 10 and lost 3 with 13/14 goals scored/conceded.
Portuguesa's previous game was their home loss versus Angostura (0-2).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Academia Puerto Cabello at their stadium, the result 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Portuguesa in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Portuguesa, 7 draws and 5 defeats.
A new game in only four days for Portuguesa, the Primera Division home match versus Academia Puerto Cabello. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these squads: Mineros won four, Portuguesa were winners in three and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Blanco Delgado 1 goals |
Mineros de Guayana missing players
Portuguesa missing players
| Mineros de Guayana | Portuguesa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 4.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mineros de Guayana | Last season | Portuguesa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 11 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 15 | 29 | ||
| 54 | 28 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 90% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 60% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 43% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 11% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 67% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 42% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 39% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 47% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9.5 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 21% | ||
| 9.3 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Angostura | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Deportivo Tachira | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Deportivo La Guaira | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Carabobo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Monagas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Hermanos Colmenares | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Zamora Fútbol Club | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Caracas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Rayo Zuliano | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 2 |
| 11 | UCV | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 12 | Metropolitanos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Portuguesa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Mineros de Guayana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 15 | Estudiantes Mérida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 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 | Zamora Fútbol 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 |
