After the first set of fixtures it's Monagas - Mineros de Guayana 1-0 in points. Who will conquer the points in this second Primera Division fixture of the season?
This has all the signs of an engrossing game with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Monagas form and stats
Last season, Monagas's league stats were 13 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses, results that produced 3rd spot in the Primera Division. During these 30 matches they scored {46 goals} and conceded 33. Appearing as the home side in the former season Monagas managed 6-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with {21 goals} and 16 conceded.
Blondell was the last player to score a league goal for Monagas and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Monagas haven't scored in 185 minutes. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Yonatan Irrazabal Condines not having conceded a league goal in 348 minutes.
An away draw last time out for Monagas, facing Deportivo La Guaira in a game that ended 0-0.
Before that, Monagas played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Metropolitanos (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties).Mineros de Guayana form and stats
Let's have a look at how Mineros de Guayana performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 10 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded {54 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 19/26 goals scored/conceded. Mineros de Guayana have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Primera Division were 4 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats from 15 fixtures.
Mineros are travelling again after losing away to Angostura in their previous match (0-2).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Monagas at their stadium, the result 2-1.{0 goals} so far away for Mineros de Guayana, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: five wins for Monagas, three draws and two wins for Mineros de Guayana. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The matches between these sides have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Monagas missing players
Mineros de Guayana missing players
| Monagas | Mineros de Guayana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Monagas | Last season | Mineros de Guayana | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 18 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 55 | 24 | Scored | S | 19 | 43 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Conceded | C | 26 | 54 | ||
| 86% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 90% | ||
| 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 60% | ||
| 30% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | ||
| 14% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | ||
| 30% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 13% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.2 | 5.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 42% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 35% | ||
| 7 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.3 | ||
| 3 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Deportivo Táchira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Zamora Futbol Club | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Angostura | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Metropolitanos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | UCV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Carabobo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Deportivo La Guaira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Monagas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Caracas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Mineros de Guayana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Portuguesa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Hermanos Colmenares | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Estudiantes Mérida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Rayo Zuliano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
