This is shaping up to be yet another absorbing battle at Estadio Monumental de Maturín in the Primera Division. Monagas is in 5th place and host Metropolitanos in 3rd place. Read all about the fixture here!
- Metropolitanos have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Primera Division
Both squads have had ample time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Monagas form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Primera Division game of the season here at Estadio Monumental de Maturín. Last season these fans witnessed 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from Monagas's 5 home games.
An away draw last time out for Monagas, facing Deportivo Lara in a game that ended 0-0.
Preceding that match was the home game against Portuguesa that was lost 2-4.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Monagas's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn one and lost one.
At Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Monagas has the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Metropolitanos form and stats
Metropolitanos are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primera Division, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Metropolitanos had fun at their own home (Estadio Monumental de Maturín) last time out, beating Caracas 3-0. Araújo, Sosa and Cova scored.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Metropolitanos when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing zero and winning one game.
Metropolitanos have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Monagas wins - draws - Metropolitanos wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ocanto Querales 2 goals | I. Anderson Hernández 1 goals |  N. Cova Meneses 1 goals |
Monagas missing players
Metropolitanos missing players
| Monagas | Metropolitanos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 6.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 13 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 4.2 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.2 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 5.5 | 8.2 |
| 3.8 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 47% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 6.8 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 10.5 | 9 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.5 | 4 |
- Metropolitanos have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Primera Division
| Monagas | Last season | Metropolitanos | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 58 | 28 | Scored | S | 22 | 52 | ||
| 39 | 12 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 81% | 91% | ||
| 85% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 78% | ||
| 53% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 38% | ||
| 12% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 19% | ||
| 53% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 62% | ||
| 35% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 31% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 46% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| 8.7 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo La Guaira | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Deportivo Tachira | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Metropolitanos | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Zamora Futbol Club | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Monagas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Estudiantes Mérida | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Aragua | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Carabobo | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Portuguesa | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Caracas | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Mineros de Guayana | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Deportivo Lara | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | UCV | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Hermanos Colmenares | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Zulia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 1 |
| 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 | Deportivo Tachira | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 67 |
| 2 | Caracas | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 66 |
| 3 | Monagas | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 62 |
| 4 | Estudiantes Mérida | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -10 | 50 |
| 5 | Deportivo La Guaira | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 47 |
| 6 | Deportivo Lara | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 45 |
