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Trujillanos FC — UCV: 2:0, Primera División

Primera División
Trujillanos FC L6 Sep · Home Caracas FC · 0:1L11 Sep · Away Deportivo Lara · 1:2W13 Sep · Away Zamora · 2:1L17 Sep · Home Rayo Zuliano · 2:4L17 Sep · Home Rayo Zuliano · 2:4D20 Sep · Away Estudiantes de Merida FC · 1:1
2:0
Finished

Kick-off was BST

UCV W31 Aug · Home Rayo Zuliano · 4:1D3 Sep · Away Estudiantes de Merida FC · 1:1D8 Sep · Home Puerto Cabello · 0:0W12 Sep · Away Real Esppor Club · 2:0W16 Sep · Home Academia Anzoátegui · 1:0D19 Sep · Home Carabobo FC · 1:1
Venue: Estadio José Alberto Pérez City: Valera

In the Primera División game on 1 August 2026, Trujillanos FC beat UCV 2:0. Match numbers: shots on target 6:3, corners 6:3.

Match report

Trujillanos defeated UCVI 2:0 in the first round of the Clausura phase of the Primera league on 1 August 2026. The hosts took all three points despite playing with ten men for nearly half the match. And here's the thing about results like this — they rarely look as comfortable as the final score suggests.

E. Gnemmi opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time, but the momentum shifted immediately after. G. Mottes collected a second yellow and was sent off in the 45th minute plus three, followed by J. Da Silva's dismissal forty-seven minutes in. By then the visitors had already been reduced to ten, and the match opened up in ways neither manager anticipated.

Trujillanos kept their composure and added a second through E. Abreu in the 79th minute. He was booked shortly after, but the goal extended a lead that had looked fragile after the double red. The visitors found themselves chasing the game with nothing to show for their territorial advantage.

Statistics tell a story the scoreboard alone cannot. UCVI held 60 per cent possession and completed 417 passes against 273 for the hosts, yet managed only three shots on target. Trujillanos registered six on target from three big chances created, while the visitors produced just one. Shots accuracy tells its own tale — 40 per cent compared to 20.

The result leaves Trujillanos at 14th with 11 points from 21 games, while UCVI remain seventh on 31. It is not much to celebrate for either side, but the gap between them in the table remains unbridgeable without a sustained run of form. To be fair, this was a match decided in moments rather than minutes.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 40 – 60
Shots on target 6 – 3
Shots off target 5 – 6
Big chances 3 – 1

Match events

  1. 11' 0:0 Trujillanos FC Yellow card A. Abet
  2. 19' 0:0 Trujillanos FC Substitution M. Granados off: J. Vivas
  3. 31' 0:0 UCV Yellow card G. Mottes
  4. 36' 0:0 Trujillanos FC Yellow card J. Vivas
  5. 45' 1:0 Trujillanos FC Goal E. Gnemmi assist: L. Mosquera
  6. 45+3' 1:0 UCV Yellow card G. Mottes
  7. 45+3' 1:0 UCV Red card G. Mottes
  8. 46' 1:0 UCV Substitution W. Lugo off: D. De Sousa
  9. 47' 1:0 Trujillanos FC Red card J. Da Silva
  10. 59' 1:0 Trujillanos FC Substitution A. Abet off: K. Gonzalez
  11. 75' 1:0 Trujillanos FC Substitution L. Mosquera off: D. Rodriguez
  12. 76' 1:0 UCV Substitution A. Gonzalez off: R. Sarli
  13. 79' 2:0 Trujillanos FC Goal E. Abreu assist: A. Araujo
  14. 80' 2:0 Trujillanos FC Yellow card E. Abreu
  15. 81' 2:0 UCV Substitution E. Mosquera off: C. Colmenares
  16. 83' 2:0 UCV Substitution F. Sole off: V. Rodriguez
  17. 90+2' 2:0 Trujillanos FC Yellow card C. Atamanuk

Statistics

40 Possession, % 60
6 Shots on target 3
5 Shots off target 6
3 Big chances 1
63 Attacks 66
6 Corners 3
9 Fouls 11
10 Free kicks 8
1 Offsides 2
4 Yellow cards 1
1 Red cards 1
5 Goal kicks 6
15 Throw-ins 20
All statistics
15/2171% Aerial duels 6/2129%
36 Backward passes 62
4 Blocked shots 6
28 Clearances 20
7/2429% Crosses 5/2520%
7/1164% Dribbles 5/1436%
66 Failed passes 63
3 Goalkeeper saves 4
12 Interceptions 1
11 Key passes 10
32/6450% Long passes 26/4459%
48 Passes into the final third 107
189 Passes in the opposition half 299
108 Passes in own half 143
0.40 Shot accuracy 0.20
7 Shots inside the box 7
14/2070% Tackles 9/1182%
273 Total passes 417

The data source provides no per-player statistics for this match: only team totals are available.

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