Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Imbabura & Independiente del Valle face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Ecuador. All the pre-match information is available here!
Independiente del Valle could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga Pro game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Aucas. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Imbabura form and stats
Imbabura have played 9 Primera B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Imbabura's last game was hosting El Nacional and winning 2-1.
On the other hand, Imbabura have conceded 10 goals.
Independiente del Valle form and stats
There might be some fixture complaints from Independiente as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-5 against Aucas. Independiente del Valle lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Emelec at their stadium, the result 3-2.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Barcelona in just three days.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: zero - five - two (Imbabura wins - draws - Independiente del Valle wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Bauman 5 goals | F. Gaibor Orellana 3 goals | J. Sornoza Moreira 3 goals |
Imbabura missing players
Independiente del Valle missing players
| Imbabura | Independiente del Valle | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Scored | S | 18 | 32 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 20 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 2.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 9 | 9 | ||
| 12.3 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 28% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 33% | ||
| 12.2 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | América de Quito | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Chacaritas | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 3 | Guayaquil | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | Libertad | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 5 | El Nacional | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Imbabura | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Olmedo | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | Independiente Juniors | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 9 | Manta | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 17 |
| 10 | Puerto Quito | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
