After the first round it's Portuguesa - Mineros de Guayana 1-0 in points. Who will conquer the points in this second Primera Division fixture of the season?
These teams have little in common geographically as Mineros de Guayana have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Portuguesa nor Mineros de Guayana as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Portuguesa form and stats
The previous season, Portuguesa's league results were 3 wins, 9 draws and 7 losses, producing 17th spot in the Primera Division. From these 19 matches they scored 21 goals and let in 30. Appearing as the host team in the former season Portuguesa produced 2-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 11 conceded.
Portuguesa's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Mineros de Guayana (placed 14th).
Before that, Portuguesa played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Academia Puerto Cabello.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Portuguesa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won one time, drawn five and lost three.
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 9th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 20 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 8/15 goals scored/conceded.
Two away matches in a row for Mineros de Guayana, whose manager Poch could celebrate last time after the win against Portuguesa.
A 1-3 loss hosting Monagas before that.Mineros de Guayana are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and seven defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the last ten meetings): Portuguesa won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Mineros de Guayana managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fivePortuguesa missing players
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| Portuguesa | Mineros de Guayana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Portuguesa | Last season | Mineros de Guayana | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Scored | S | 8 | 25 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 23 | 33 | ||
| 84% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 66% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 79% | ||
| 38% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 50% | ||
| 19% | 6% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 41% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 42% | ||
| 41% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 25% | ||
| 34% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 38% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.1 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 33% | ||
| 8.6 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Monagas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Deportivo La Guaira | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Zamora Futbol Club | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Caracas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Deportivo Lara | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Metropolitanos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Aragua | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Portuguesa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Carabobo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Hermanos Colmenares | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | UCV | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Mineros de Guayana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Estudiantes Merida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Zulia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
