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

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Academia Puerto Cabello

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Academia Puerto Cabello fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 4-1 Copa Sudamericana success versus Vasco da Gama.

In that match, Academia Puerto Cabello managed 39% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Vasco da Gama had 11 shots on goal with 4 of them 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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After tasting defeat last time out to Lanús in Copa Sudamericana action, Melgar will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Melgar had 60% possession and 12 shots on goal with 0 of them on target. At the other end, Lanus had 12 attempts on 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 meeting featuring these sides was Copa Sudamericana match day 3 on 23/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Melgar 1-0 Academia Puerto Cabello.

That time, Melgar had 48% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Pier Barrios (42').

Academia Puerto Cabello had 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

ℹ️ Team News: Academia Puerto Cabello

The Academia Puerto Cabello boss has zero fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match owing to a completely injury-free group available to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Melgar

Due to a fully injury-free squad available to select from, the Melgar manager doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash.

✨ 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, 18:00 11/05/2025