Chacaritas will aim to draw on their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind El Nacional.
- Chacaritas have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Primera B
- El Nacional is in the best form (4-0-2) in Primera B
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.
Chacaritas form and stats
Chacaritas are steadily winning Primera B games and points here at EStadio de Pelileo. 7 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 10 games. Three consecutive losses here at EStadio de Pelileo is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Bolanos was the last player to score a league goal for Chacaritas and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Chacaritas haven't scored in 487 minutes.
Chacaritas's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus El Nacional (placed 1st).
Before that, Chacaritas played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Guayaquil.This is expected to be a close game, with Chacaritas perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chacaritas as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Chacaritas has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league matches highlights that 9 of them had goals from both teams.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primera B game versus Imbabura in only three days. This game is also played here at EStadio de Pelileo.
Chacaritas are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Chacaritas have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
El Nacional form and stats
There's been little loot from El Nacional's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Primera B. El Nacional only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
El Nacional play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Chacaritas (placed 4th).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Independiente Juniors.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Nacional in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for El Nacional, 4 draws and 9 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Delfin in just three days.
El Nacional have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Chacaritas and El Nacional have played each other before this season: Chacaritas - El Nacional 0-2. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding seven meetings): Chacaritas won one game, one match ended in a draw and El Nacional managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / five The games between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last seven duels.Chacaritas missing players
El Nacional missing players
| Chacaritas | El Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 18 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 26 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 20 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 74% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 42% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 16% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 32% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 47% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 42% |
| 37% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 16% |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.1 | 11 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 11.9 | 12.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 22% | 24% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 26% | 32% |
| 8.7 | 9 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.8 | 8.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
- Chacaritas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chacaritas have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Primera B
- Chacaritas have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Primera B
- Chacaritas haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- El Nacional have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Primera B
- El Nacional have the most points from losing position (7) in Primera B
- El Nacional have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Primera B
- El Nacional is in the best form (4-0-2) in Primera B
| 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 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 31 |
| 2 | America de Quito | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 3 | Libertad | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 29 |
| 4 | Chacaritas | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 29 |
| 5 | Imbabura | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Guayaquil | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Olmedo | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 25 |
| 8 | Independiente Juniors | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | Manta | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 17 |
| 10 | Puerto Quito | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
