CARACAS (Interstat) — La Guaira and Portuguesa played to a 2-2 draw in a Venezuelan Primera División match on Sunday at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, a result shaped by an early red card and a pair of influential attacking performances. La Guaira hosted the match but spent most of it with 10 men after Orihuela was sent off in the 19th minute. Portuguesa could not turn the man advantage into a victory, and both teams remained without a win in the competition this season. La Guaira’s early dismissal forced it to defend for long stretches, while Portuguesa pushed numbers forward in search of a winning goal. The draw left both teams with a share of the points.

Portuguesa’s Jonathan Canete produced the game’s most important attacking line, finishing with one goal and one assist in 84 minutes. Ruben Rojas played 78 minutes and scored once for Portuguesa. La Guaira’s Anthony Uribe scored twice and was booked in the 81st minute. Rojas opened the scoring in first-half stoppage time, finding the net in the 46th minute. Canete was credited with an assist on the goal and later scored himself. The goals gave Portuguesa a route back into a match that had already become physical. Montana was booked for Portuguesa in the 14th minute, and Herrera was booked for La Guaira in the 21st minute. Orihuela’s red card in the 19th minute forced La Guaira to reorganize and play a man down for the final 70-plus minutes.

La Guaira responded through Uribe’s two goals, which kept the home side level. Uribe’s booking in the 81st minute was one of seven yellow cards in the match. Moreno Quero was booked for Portuguesa in the 49th and again in the 90th-plus-third minute. Ibarra was booked for La Guaira in the 89th, and Londono was booked in the 90th-plus-fifth minute. Both teams made five changes, with Herrera off in the 22nd for La Guaira and Montana off in the 46th for Portuguesa. Gonzalez M. entered for La Guaira in the 58th, while Gonzalez J. and Rojas C. entered in the 68th. Portuguesa’s Navas Barrera entered in the 68th, Lopez in the 77th, Rojas in the 78th and Canete in the 84th. La Guaira’s Uribe was a persistent threat before his yellow card, and Portuguesa’s Canete remained involved in the attack until his late substitution. The match grew increasingly scrappy as stoppage time approached, and neither side could find a winner.

Portuguesa’s season record in this competition is now 0 wins, 1 loss and 4 draws, while La Guaira is 0 wins, 2 losses and 3 draws. Across all competitions, Portuguesa is 0 wins, 2 losses and 4 draws, and La Guaira is 1 win, 2 losses and 3 draws. Portuguesa’s recent competition form includes a scoreless draw with Metropolitanos, a loss to Carabobo, a loss to Zamora, a scoreless draw with Universidad Central and a scoreless draw with La Guaira. La Guaira has drawn with Metropolitanos and Portuguesa, beaten Aragua and lost to Carabobo and Trujillanos. Portuguesa’s overall record includes draws with Metropolitanos, Universidad Central and La Guaira, along with losses to Carabobo and Zamora. The teams had met earlier this season and played to a scoreless draw. They are scheduled to meet again in their next competition match.

Before the match, Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of La Guaira 2, Portuguesa 1. Interstat’s ELO system gave La Guaira a 92 percent probability to win. La Guaira was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 4 went under the over/under line of 2.5.