Venezuela - Primera DivisiónEstadio Olímpico Metropolitano de MéridaData current as of August 13, 2026

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Estudiantes Mérida vs Academia Anzoátegui: form, goals and key statistics

Game details

Estudiantes Mérida plays Academia Anzoátegui in Primera División (Venezuela). The game is scheduled for August 15, 2026. Venue: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida.

Recent form

Estudiantes Mérida has 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses over its last five games, averaging 0.80 points per game. Academia Anzoátegui has 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses, with 0.80 points per game.

Scoring records

Estudiantes Mérida scores 1.18 goals per game and allows 1.41. Academia Anzoátegui scores 1.19 and allows 2.00. Games in this league average 2.52 goals.

BTTS and goal totals

Both teams score in 45% of Estudiantes Mérida's games and 50% of Academia Anzoátegui's. The Over 2.5 rates are 50% and 56%, compared with league averages of 53% for BTTS and 46% for Over 2.5.

xG and shots

Academia Anzoátegui has the higher season xG average, 1.32 to 1.21 per game. Estudiantes Mérida takes 10.8 shots per game, while Academia Anzoátegui takes 12.3.

First-half and second-half trends

Estudiantes Mérida leads at halftime in 23% of its games and scores 0.55 goals per game after halftime. Academia Anzoátegui leads at halftime in 13% and scores 0.63 after halftime.

When the teams score

Estudiantes Mérida's most productive scoring window is minutes 31-45+ (7 goals). For Academia Anzoátegui, it is minutes 76-90+ (7 goals). These are past scoring patterns, not predicted goal times.

League scoring profile

Primera División games average 2.52 goals. Both teams score in 53% of games, and 46% finish with at least three goals.

Head-to-head record

Before this game, 3 previous meetings were available. The record was 2 home wins, 0 draws and 1 away win. Those games averaged 3.67 goals, with both teams scoring in 33% of them.

Before kickoff

1X2 odds

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Pre-game profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This team profile combines season stats and recent form. In-game statistics appear after the final whistle.

Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
1.18Goals scored / game1.19
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
1.41Goals allowed / game2
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
52%Average possession43%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
3.45Shots on target / game3.88
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui

Team statswho is more efficient?

Compare both teams' attacking and defensive records this season.

10.82Shots per game12.31
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
3.45Shots on target3.88
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
10.9%Shot conversion9.6%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
52%Possession43%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
1.21xG for1.32
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
1.5xG against1.64
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui

Shooting quality

Estudiantes Mérida: BalancedAcademia Anzoátegui: Balanced
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
Accuracy (shots on target)32%32%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.110.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.340.31

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five games and season record, overall, at home and away.

Estudiantes Mérida
LLDWL
Season result split
36% W14% R50% P
Season (W-D-L)
8-3-11
1.23 pts / game · goal difference -5
Last 5 (W-D-L)
1-1-3
0.80 pts / game
Record at home (W-D-L)
5-1-4
Last 5 at home
3-0-2
WWLLW
Last 5 games - averages
Goals scored: 0.6Goals conceded: 1.4xG: 1.41Opponent xG: 1.72BTTS: 20%Over 2.5: 40%
Academia Anzoátegui
LDLWL
Season result split
19% W19% R63% P
Season (W-D-L)
3-3-10
0.75 pts / game · goal difference -13
Last 5 (W-D-L)
1-1-3
0.80 pts / game
Record away (W-D-L)
3-1-4
Last 5 away
2-0-3
LLWLW
Last 5 games - averages
Goals scored: 1.6Goals conceded: 2.8xG: 1.47Opponent xG: 1.62BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 60%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Estudiantes Mérida is 42% better for: goals allowed per game.

1.41 goals / game - Estudiantes Mérida · 2 goals / game - Academia Anzoátegui

Estudiantes Mérida scoring profile: strong

Estudiantes Mérida scores in 59% of games (13 of 22 meczów), while Academia Anzoátegui keeps a clean sheet in 19% (3 of 16 meczów).

Academia Anzoátegui scoring profile: very strong

Academia Anzoátegui scores in 63% of games (10 of 16 meczów), while Estudiantes Mérida keeps a clean sheet in 14% (3 of 22 meczów).

26Goals scored (season)19
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
31Goals conceded (season)32
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
2.59Average goals per game3.19
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
3Goals scored (last 5)8
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
7Goals conceded (last 5)14
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui

How often they score at least...

59%1 goal63%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
45%2 goals31%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
14%3 goals25%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
0%4 goals0%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui

How often they concede at least...

86%1 goal81%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
45%2 goals50%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
9%3 goals44%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
0%4 goals13%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui

* Statistics include both teams' home and away games this season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often games involving these teams produce goals at both ends, compared with the league average.

45%
Estudiantes Mérida - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.10 of 22 meczów
50%
Academia Anzoátegui - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.8 of 16 meczów
53%
League average

Goal patterns

32%BTTS at half-time31%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
14%BTTS in both halves19%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
32%Scored in both halves31%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui

BTTS and goal count

41%Min. 3 goals and BTTS38%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
9%Min. 3 goals without BTTS19%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
20%BTTS - last 560%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these games cross the goal lines?

See how often games involving these teams clear each goal line, for the full game and each half.

Full game - team comparison (Over)

Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui

1st half

73%Min. 1 goal before half-time56%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
41%Min. 2 goals before half-time50%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
9%Min. 3 goals before half-time13%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui

2nd half

82%Min. 1 goal after half-time75%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
36%Min. 2 goals after half-time50%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
14%Min. 3 goals after half-time25%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui

Game halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Estudiantes Mérida is 23% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.23 pts / game - Estudiantes Mérida · 1 pts / game - Academia Anzoátegui

Estudiantes Mérida - half-time state
23% leading55% draw23% trailing
Academia Anzoátegui - half-time state
13% leading63% draw25% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.23Points per game (1st half)1
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
0.64Goals scored (1st half)0.56
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
0.64Goals conceded (1st half)0.63
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
1.27Average goals (1st half)1.19
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
45%Clean sheet before half-time56%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
50%No goal before half-time56%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui

After half-time (2nd half)

1.18Points per game (2nd half)0.81
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
0.55Goals scored (2nd half)0.63
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
0.77Goals conceded (2nd half)1.19
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
1.32Average goals (2nd half)1.81
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
41%Clean sheet after half-time38%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui
59%No goal after half-time50%
Estudiantes MéridaAcademia Anzoátegui

Estudiantes Mérida - second-half results

32% W23% R45% P
27
Half-time points
14
Half-time goals
0
Goal difference (1st half)
26
Second-half points
-5
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.23
PPG before half-time
Lead holding157%

Leads at halftime in 23% of games and wins 36%. Also wins some games without leading at halftime.

Defense after halftime+0.1

Allows 0.1 more goals per game after halftime, a sign that the defense becomes less effective later in games.

Academia Anzoátegui - second-half results

13% W44% R44% P
16
Half-time points
9
Half-time goals
-1
Goal difference (1st half)
13
Second-half points
-9
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.00
PPG before half-time
Lead holding146%

Leads at halftime in 13% of games and wins 19%. Also wins some games without leading at halftime.

Defense after halftime+0.6

Allows 0.6 more goals per game after halftime, a sign that the defense becomes less effective later in games.

Estudiantes Mérida - last 5 games by half
1st half2nd half
Points per game1.000.80
Goals scored / game0.20.4
Goals allowed / game0.60.8
Average goals per game0.81.2
1 goal60%80%
2 goals20%20%
3 goals0%20%
Clean sheet60%40%
No goal80%60%
Goal difference-2-2
Half-time: 20% leading - 40% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 20% draw - 60% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 1
Academia Anzoátegui - last 5 games by half
1st half2nd half
Points per game0.601.20
Goals scored / game0.41.2
Goals allowed / game0.81.4
Average goals per game1.22.6
1 goal40%80%
2 goals40%60%
3 goals40%40%
Clean sheet60%40%
No goal60%20%
Goal difference-2-1
Half-time: 0% leading - 60% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 60% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 2

* Table colors show frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate and red is rare. They are not team ratings.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

The parts of a game in which both teams score and allow the most goals.

Estudiantes Mérida
ScoredConceded
3
3
0-15
4
5
16-30
7
6
31-45
1
4
46-60
4
4
61-75
7
9
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (7 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (9). Late-goal balance (76-90): -2 - late phases are a weakness.

Academia Anzoátegui
ScoredConceded
2
7
0-15
2
4
16-30
5
2
31-45
2
5
46-60
1
8
61-75
7
6
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (7 goals). Concedes most in 61-75 (8). Late-goal balance (76-90): +1 - wins late phases.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends from completed games this season.

Game profile

2.89
Estimated goals
attack vs. opponent defense
1.6 : 1.3
Estimated goal split
home : away
115%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
48%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
+27%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
37%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
16%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 6 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs. defense for both teams

Estudiantes Mérida

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.29
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.06
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-0.3 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.03
Defensive efficiency
Does the defense or goalkeeper outperform the chances allowed? A positive value means the team allows fewer goals than its xGA suggests.
+0.09
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
86%
Defense vs. league
Goals allowed compared with the league average. An 80% score means 20% fewer goals allowed.
124%
Form trend
Compares points from the last five games with the full-season average.
-0.43
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.1
Late goals
27% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 12% come in the first quarter-hour.
27%

Academia Anzoátegui

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.32
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.49
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-0.5 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.13
Defensive efficiency
Does the defense or goalkeeper outperform the chances allowed? A positive value means the team allows fewer goals than its xGA suggests.
-0.36
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
104%
Defense vs. league
Goals allowed compared with the league average. An 80% score means 20% fewer goals allowed.
145%
Form trend
Compares points from the last five games with the full-season average.
+0.05
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.1
Late goals
37% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 11% come in the first quarter-hour.
37%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range use public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical game profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed games from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Primera División).

Teams vs league

Estudiantes MéridaLigaAcademia Anzoátegui
Average goals per game 2.592.52 3.19
Both teams scored 45%53% 50%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 50%46% 56%
Clean sheets 14%27% 19%
Goal before half-time 73%66% 56%
Goal after half-time 82%77% 75%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.52
Average goals per game
53%
Both teams scored
46%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
27%
Clean sheets
1.38
Home goals / game
1.14
Away goals / game
+21%
Home attack advantage
+17%
Home defensive advantage
+15%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
66%
1 goal
34%
2 goals
8%
3 goals
2%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
77%
1 goal
41%
2 goals
15%
3 goals
4%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Record from Estudiantes Mérida's perspective: 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss against Academia Anzoátegui. Games average 3.67 goals, and both teams scored in 33% of them.

Academia Anzoátegui
0 : 3
Estudiantes Mérida
Academia Anzoátegui FC
0 : 1
Estudiantes de Mérida FC
Estudiantes de Mérida FC
3 : 4
Academia Anzoátegui FC

FAQ

When do Estudiantes Mérida and Academia Anzoátegui play?

Estudiantes Mérida face Academia Anzoátegui on August 15, 2026 in Primera División at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida. The exact kick-off time in your timezone is shown at the top of the match page.

What is the head-to-head record between Estudiantes Mérida and Academia Anzoátegui?

In the last 3 head-to-head matches Estudiantes Mérida won 2, Academia Anzoátegui won 1 and 0 ended level. These games averaged 3.67 goals, with both teams scoring in 33% of them.

What do the goal statistics show before Estudiantes Mérida vs Academia Anzoátegui?

Estudiantes Mérida score 1.18 goals per game on average and Academia Anzoátegui 1.19. The Primera División average is 2.52 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 46% of games. Both teams score in 45% of Estudiantes Mérida's matches and 50% of Academia Anzoátegui's.

What form are Estudiantes Mérida and Academia Anzoátegui in?

Over the last 5 games Estudiantes Mérida have a 1-1-3 record (0.80 points per game) and Academia Anzoátegui 1-1-3 (0.80 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Estudiantes Mérida vs Academia Anzoátegui?

This page shows the full statistical context — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under. The tip, value assessment and full reasoning are in the NoFluffPicks app.