The league table in Primera Division tells a story about these teams so far, with Monagas leading Portuguesa by 7 points. Match preview to follow:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Monagas and Portuguesa.
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.
Monagas form and stats
Perfect Primera Division season at home so far for Monagas 3 wins from 3 appearances.
The Monagas supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Aragua in Primera Division and win 1-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Caracas.
Goals decide football matches and Monagas are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. Defensively Monagas have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Portuguesa form and stats
No Primera Division points yet away for Portuguesa, from their first 3 matches.
Portuguesa are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Primera Division against Zamora Futbol Club. Before that, Portuguesa travelled to Metropolitanos and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager J. Parada Rigaud when A. Lucena scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Portuguesa's away games in the league this season with only 0 goals from 3 matches. Portuguesa struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Monagas - Portuguesa 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Monagas victories, one draw and seven Portuguesa wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Monagas missing players
Portuguesa missing players
| Monagas | Portuguesa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 40% | 60% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 80% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | 29 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 40 | 77 |
| 31 | 15 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 22 | 36 |
| 39% | 60% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 5% | 17% |
- Monagas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Monagas have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Monagas have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Portuguesa have scored away.
- Monagas have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Monagas haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Portuguesa has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Primera Division
- Portuguesa has the most matches under the total-line (8) in Primera Division
- Portuguesa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Portuguesa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Portuguesa have yet to win a game away.
- Portuguesa haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 Futbol Club | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Caracas | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Deportivo Lara | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Monagas | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Atletico Venezuela | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Estudiantes Merida | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Deportivo La Guaira | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Trujillanos | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Zulia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Aragua | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Metropolitanos | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Yaracuyanos | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Mineros de Guayana | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Carabobo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 16 | Portuguesa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Deportivo Tachira | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | Gran Valencia | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 19 | LALA | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 1 |