In the Primera División game on 10 August 2026, Rayo Zuliano beat Estudiantes de Merida FC 3:0. Match numbers: shots on target 7:2, corners 7:6.
Match report
Rayo Zuliano claimed a 3-0 victory over Estudiantes de Mérida in the Clausura third round on Sunday evening. The home side opened the scoring inside twenty minutes and never looked back, wrapping up the win on 10 August 2026.
J. Ochoa broke the deadlock in the twenty-second minute, and C. Romero doubled the advantage three minutes later. Estudiantes had to face the second half at a deficit, and the visitors failed to mount any meaningful response.
The turning point came in the sixty-third minute when R. Chacon received a red card. By then Zuliano were already comfortable, but the dismissal tightened things up further. J. Gomez added a third goal in stoppage time to seal the result.
Both sides shared possession evenly, but the hosts held the advantage in efficiency. Seven shots on target produced three goals, while Estudiantes managed only two attempts on goal. The visitors created more attacks overall but couldn't convert them into clear chances.
Zuliano now sit eleventh on twenty points from twenty-one matches. Estudiantes remain sixth with thirty-two points, though the gap to the top half looks narrower after this defeat.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %50–50
Shots on target7–2
Shots off target5–4
Big chances4–0
HT⚽22' J. Ochoa — Goal⚽25' C. Romero — Goal⇄46' M. Maldonado — Substitution⇄52' D. Copete — Substitution🟨56' W. S. Ramirez Holguin — Yellow card⇄58' A. Montero — Substitution⇄59' J. Lobo — Substitution🟨62' C. Romero — Yellow card🟨62' H. Acosta — Yellow card🟥63' R. Chacon — Red card🟨63' S. Orejuela — Yellow card⇄66' D. A. Vasquez Ferrer — Substitution🟨67' F. Chavez — Yellow card🟨73' L. Dugarte — Yellow card⇄80' J. Ochoa — Substitution⇄81' A. Kinsler — Substitution⇄85' H. Acosta — Substitution⚽90+2' J. Gomez — Goal🟨90+3' A. Jimenez — Yellow card
