Match Report
11 points and 7 places separated them: Rayo Zuliano 11th with 14, Estudiantes Mérida 4th with 3. Recent form told a different story for Estudiantes Mérida: only 35th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Scoring rates set the scale: Rayo Zuliano 1 scored and 1.77 conceded per game, Estudiantes Mérida 0.33 and 1.33, with the league averaging 1.27.
A win had eluded Rayo Zuliano for 6 matches.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Rayo Zuliano, 0 draws and 2 for Estudiantes Mérida, at 2.6 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 80% of the meetings went to the host. The fixture leans high-scoring: 80% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 80%.
The referee was M. Rosales Yeneres, with 6 matches in our database and 0.0 yellows per game on average. The match was played at Estadio José Encarnación Pachencho Romero (capacity 40,800). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Rayo Zuliano led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-0.
Goal scorers
Rayo Zuliano: José Luis Ochoa (22'), Cristian Romero (25'), Jorge Luis Gómez (90')
Key stats
Possession: Rayo Zuliano 50% · Estudiantes Mérida 50% · Total shots: 15-7 · On target: 7-2 · Corners: 7-6