Match Report
2 points and 1 places separated them: Venezuela 8th with 18, Bolivia 7th with 20. Against a league average of 1.02 goals per team per game, Venezuela ran at 1 scored and 1.56 conceded, Bolivia at 0.94 and 1.94.
5 games without a win framed Bolivia's arrival.
11 meetings are on record — 4 won by Venezuela, 4 by Bolivia, 3 drawn, at 3.82 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 64% of the meetings. 82% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 91%.
The venue was Estadio Monumental de Maturín in Maturín, with room for 51,796 spectators. Venezuela led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.
Goal scorers
Venezuela: Héctor Cuellar (5' og), Salomón Rondón (30')