This campaign has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, good and bad resulting in mid-table spots so far. Gear up for Zulia - Portuguesa!
- Zulia have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Primera Division
- Portuguesa have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Primera Division
Both participants have had time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an active match!
Zulia form and stats
2-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Zulia so far this season.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 204 minutes.
Happy days for Zulia in their previous game, a Primera Division match away at Trujillanos (placed 7th) that ended with a 3-0 victory.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Hermanos Colmenares and winning 2-0.The Zulia manager H. Meléndez Sanchez has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
Portuguesa form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Primera Division.
Portuguesa's last game was the home draw against Hermanos Colmenares (1-1).
Before that, Portuguesa secured a home win against Trujillanos with the score 1-0.The travelling fans enjoy Portuguesa's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Portuguesa as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved encountered each other earlier this campaign: Portuguesa - Zulia 0-1. Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Zulia won two games, six matches ended with a tie and Portuguesa managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  N. Fernández Palacios 10 goals | J. Páez Santamaría 4 goals | C. Ramírez Ramos 3 goals |
Zulia missing players
Portuguesa missing players
| Zulia | Portuguesa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| 21 | 13 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 94% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 88% | 88% |
| 82% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 65% |
| 71% | 88% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| 24% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 59% | 88% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 3.3 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 3.6 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 2.7 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7.7 | 5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.7 | 10.2 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 53% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 36% |
- All of Zulia's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Portuguesa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Portuguesa have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Primera Division
- Portuguesa have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Primera Division
- Portuguesa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Primera Division
- Portuguesa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Primera Division
- Portuguesa have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Primera Division
- Portuguesa have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Primera Division
- Zulia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zulia have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Zulia have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Primera Division
- Zulia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Zulia 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 | Deportivo Tachira | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 36 |
| 2 | Estudiantes Mérida | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 35 |
| 3 | Portuguesa | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 33 |
| 4 | Zulia | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | Hermanos Colmenares | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Zamora Fútbol Club | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Trujillanos | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 33 | -57 | 0 |