National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Independiente del Valle or El Nacional that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Independiente del Valle form and stats
Independiente's previous fixture was a Copa Ecuador game also played at home, ending 2-1 vs El Nacional. The home team are looking to continue in that form.
Previous to that game, a Liga Pro home match hosting Gualaceo in a game that was won 2-0.Independiente del Valle are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 12 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 6, drew 4 and lost 2.
El Nacional form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of El Nacional playing as the away team in the Primera B this season.
Two away games in a row for Nacional, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against Independiente del Valle in the Copa Ecuador.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Puerto Quito in the Primera B.El Nacional have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Independiente wins - draws - El Nacional wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Bauman 6 goals | L. Faravelli 4 goals | J. Sornoza Moreira 4 goals |
Independiente del Valle missing players
El Nacional missing players
| Independiente del Valle | El Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 45% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | ||
| 7 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 35 |
| 2 | Libertad | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 35 |
| 3 | Chacaritas | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 34 |
| 4 | Independiente Juniors | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 5 | Imbabura | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | America de Quito | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Guayaquil | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | Olmedo | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 26 |
| 9 | Manta | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 21 |
| 10 | Puerto Quito | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
