Match Report
The table read 9th (Monagas, 7 pts) against 2nd (Portuguesa, 8 pts), 1 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Monagas: only 24th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 9th. Per game in the league, Monagas were scoring 1.29 and conceding 1.57, Portuguesa 1.17 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Recent form was uneven: 6/15 points for Monagas, 12/15 for Portuguesa.
6 meetings are on record — 4 won by Monagas, 2 by Portuguesa, 0 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings.
The match was played at Estadio Monumental de Maturín (capacity 51,796). The referee was ?. Arteaga Cabriales, with 44 matches in our database and 3.3 yellows per game on average. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
Key stats
Possession: Monagas 48% · Portuguesa 52% · Total shots: 13-13 · On target: 3-1 · Corners: 3-4