Academia de Anzoátegui and Trujillanos played out a 0-0 draw in the Clausura fifth round on 21 August 2026. Both sides had already logged 20 league matches before this fixture, with the hosts sitting 13th on 13 points and the visitors 14th on 11.
C. Ortiz was the first to pick up a yellow card at minute 35, and then at minute 61 he was shown a red card, leaving Anzoátegui with 10 men for the final quarter. The substitution pattern was fairly even, with both teams making three changes each, though the hosts brought on J. Carmona and J. Castellano together at half time.
And here's the thing about a goalless game — you don't need a scoreline to see where the balance lay. Trujillanos created four big chances and registered nine shots on target, while Anzoátegui managed zero big chances and only two shots on target. The visitors also had higher shot accuracy at 39 per cent compared to the hosts' 13 per cent.
To be fair, Anzoátegui did control more of the ball with 52 per cent possession and completed 344 passes to their opponents' 320. They made more attacks overall — 70 to 66 — and dominated aerial duels with 15 successful challenges out of 31. But possession without penetration is just passing in circles.
The disciplinary tally tells part of the story too. Trujillanos collected four yellow cards against Anzoátegui's three, but the red card shifted the momentum. L. Mosquera and E. Ruiz went off late with yellows, while M. Echeverria and A. Contreras had already been cautioned earlier.
By then, neither side had much to play for beyond pride. Both teams have now lost 13 of their 20 matches this season, and this point keeps them separated by just two points in the table. Anzoátegui remain fourth from bottom, while Trujillanos sit fifth from bottom.
