Match Report
Deportivo La Guaira, 1st with 27 points, sat 19 points above Portuguesa (2nd, 8). On recent form Deportivo La Guaira sat only 21st league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Portuguesa 1.17 scored and 1.33 conceded per game, Deportivo La Guaira 1.15 and 0.46, with the league averaging 1.27.
Deportivo La Guaira had not won in 7 games.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Portuguesa 2, draws 3, Deportivo La Guaira 4, at 2.56 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 22% of meetings won. 78% of these meetings featured a goal for each side.
The venue was Estadio General José Antonio Páez, with room for 25,000 spectators. Y. Miranda Martínez took charge of the match — our records show 25 games refereed with an average of 3.4 yellow cards per game. Deportivo La Guaira led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-2.
Goal scorers
Deportivo La Guaira: Martín Gianoli (17'), Martín Gianoli (32')
Key stats
Possession: Portuguesa 61% · Deportivo La Guaira 39% · Total shots: 9-10 · On target: 4-5 · Corners: 6-7