Primera Division prediction and pre-match guide: Monagas small favoured to overwhelm Metropolitanos

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Competition: Venezuela Primera Division
Competition: Sun 07.May
Match begins: 22:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Monumental de Maturín (51796 seats)

Monagas will want to employ their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Metropolitanos.

Insights:
  • Monagas have the most conceded goals (11) at home in Primera Division
  • Metropolitanos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Monagas form and stats

The story so far in the Primera Division for Monagas at their home stadium (Estadio Monumental de Maturín) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The Monagas crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Metropolitanos here at Estadio Monumental de Maturín.

Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Deportivo Pereira in the Copa Libertadores. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Monagas handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Monagas have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Monumental de Maturín with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Monagas have conceded 11 from these games.

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Metropolitanos form and stats

Metropolitanos have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 2-0-4 (6 played).

186 minutes! That's how long the Metropolitanos goalkeeper Giancarlo Schiavone Modica and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Two away games in a row for Metropolitanos, whose manager Morr could celebrate last time after the win against Monagas.

A defeat, in the Copa Libertadores away at Independiente Medellin, before that. Metropolitanos are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Metropolitanos have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Metropolitanos have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Monagas - Metropolitanos 0-2. Previous ten meetings between these teams: Monagas won five, Metropolitanos triumphed in two and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

MonagasS. Herrera Yallonardo
S. Herrera Yallonardo
3 goals
MonagasE. Castillo García
E. Castillo García
3 goals
MonagasE. Navas Alayón
E. Navas Alayón
2 goals

Monagas missing players

Metropolitanos missing players

Monagas Metropolitanos
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 7 2 Played P 3 6 12
5 4 1 Won W 1 2 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
4 2 1 Lost L 2 4 5
14 11 4 Scored S 4 6 16
14 9 4 Conceded C 5 8 12
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 83%
42% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 17% 33%
17% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 8%
8% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 8%
50% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 17% 33%
25% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 42%
33% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 25%
 
5.2 5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4.2 3.8
3.4 2.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 6.8 6.7
2.2 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.3 3.1
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.8 8.3 6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 7 8.1
3.7 3.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3 3.9
32% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 33% 34%
 
6.6 6.1 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 11.2 10.9
3.1 2.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 3.7 3.8
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Metropolitanos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Monagas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monagas have the most conceded goals (11) at home in Primera Division
  • Monagas haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Academia Puerto Cabello 12 9 2 1 24 6 6 5 1 0 10 0 6 4 1 1 14 6 18 29
2 Deportivo Tachira 12 6 4 2 21 9 6 3 3 0 12 3 6 3 1 2 9 6 12 22
3 Portuguesa 12 6 3 3 13 9 6 3 0 3 6 6 6 3 3 0 7 3 4 21
4 Caracas 11 4 7 0 20 12 8 2 6 0 15 10 3 2 1 0 5 2 8 19
5 Metropolitanos 12 6 1 5 18 12 6 4 1 1 10 4 6 2 0 4 8 8 6 19
6 Deportivo La Guaira 12 5 3 4 17 13 6 4 1 1 12 6 6 1 2 3 5 7 4 18
7 Carabobo 12 5 3 4 13 10 6 3 1 2 10 7 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 18
8 Monagas 12 5 3 4 14 16 7 4 1 2 11 11 5 1 2 2 3 5 -2 18
9 Angostura 12 4 3 5 17 18 6 2 2 2 10 9 6 2 1 3 7 9 -1 15
10 Estudiantes Merida 12 4 2 6 19 21 5 1 0 4 3 8 7 3 2 2 16 13 -2 14
11 Zamora Futbol Club 12 3 4 5 12 20 6 2 2 2 7 9 6 1 2 3 5 11 -8 13
12 Hermanos Colmenares 12 2 5 5 12 16 6 2 3 1 8 7 6 0 2 4 4 9 -4 11
13 Rayo Zuliano 12 1 7 4 17 27 4 0 4 0 7 7 8 1 3 4 10 20 -10 10
14 UCV 13 1 5 7 8 21 6 1 2 3 5 9 7 0 3 4 3 12 -13 8
15 Mineros de Guayana 12 1 4 7 9 24 6 1 1 4 2 10 6 0 3 3 7 14 -15 7