Academia Puerto Cabello vs Melgar Live Stream, Predictions (May 14)

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Academia Puerto Cabello

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Academia Puerto Cabello, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 4-1 Copa Sudamericana victory over Vasco da Gama.

In that match, Academia Puerto Cabello had 39% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target. On the other side, Vasco da Gama got 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. João Victor (38') scored for Vasco da Gama.

It has not been often in recent games where Academia Puerto Cabello have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Academia Puerto Cabello have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 10 goals on the way.

Melgar

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Lanús in Copa Sudamericana action, Melgar and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Melgar managed 60% possession and 12 shots on goal with 0 of them on target. At the other end, Lanus had 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

Demonstrating their bias toward eventful encounters, the back of the net has been hit 21 times in the prior six games in which Melgar have taken to the field, yielding a mean average of 3.5 goals per clash. Their opponents have got 11 from this total. That trend might not be continued into this game, of course.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league game featuring the two was Copa Sudamericana match day 3 on 23/04/2025 and the score finished Melgar 1-0 Academia Puerto Cabello.

In that match, Melgar managed 48% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Pier Barrios (42').

For their opponents, Academia Puerto Cabello had 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

🗞️ Team News: Academia Puerto Cabello

The Academia Puerto Cabello manager will be happy not to have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this match with a completely injury-free group available for selection.

ℹ️ Team News: Melgar

With a completely healthy squad to choose from, the Melgar boss has zero fitness concerns at all before this game.

⚡ Prediction

Looking at these two, we feel that Melgar and Academia Puerto Cabello should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square. We’re therefore anticipating a 1-1 score draw at the end of this game.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Checking out the betting prices for the game on the 90 minute result market, a victory for Academia Puerto Cabello is available for 2.6, backing a drawn result is 3.2 & betting on the winner to be Melgar comes in at 2.7. They are the best of the bets on offer at the moment.

Andre Moura, 08:02 10/05/2025