National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's El Nacional or Independiente del Valle that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for El Nacional and Independiente del Valle.
El Nacional form and stats
34 points is a decent return from 16 Primera B games here at Estadio General Rumiñahui del Valle de Los Chillos for El Nacional. The data says 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.
The Nacional club members got no joy from their last fixture, a Copa Ecuador duel also played here at Estadio General Rumiñahui del Valle de Los Chillos: A 0-1 defeat against Independiente del Valle.
In the game before, an away victory in the Primera B match versus Manta with a 1-0 scoreline.The El Nacional fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, El Nacional have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Independiente del Valle form and stats
Two away matches in a row for Independiente del Valle, whose boss Anselmi could celebrate last time after the Copa Ecuador win against El Nacional.
Ahead of that, the Copa Sudamericana victory away at Sao Paulo.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the contenders faced each other previously this season; Independiente del Valle - Nacional 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): El Nacional two wins, two draws and Independiente del Valle six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sornoza Moreira 7 goals | J. Bauman 6 goals | F. Gaibor Orellana 5 goals |
El Nacional missing players
Independiente del Valle missing players
| El Nacional | Independiente del Valle | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 37 | 23 | Scored | S | 24 | 44 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 19 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 6 | ||
| 12.1 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 9.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 44% | ||
| 8.3 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | El Nacional | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 55 |
| 2 | America de Quito | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 50 |
| 3 | Independiente Juniors | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 49 |
| 4 | Libertad | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| 5 | Imbabura | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 43 |
| 6 | Chacaritas | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 43 |
| 7 | Guayaquil | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | -4 | 39 |
| 8 | Manta | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 35 |
| 9 | Puerto Quito | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 20 | -6 | 34 |
| 10 | Olmedo | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 32 |
