Primera B: Top level against modest, at least that's what the table says. El Nacional - Manta. Home victory or a shock?
- El Nacional have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Primera B
- Manta have the fewest scored goals (13) 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.
El Nacional form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa as El Nacional have scored 17 goals to get 26 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Primera B are 8-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for El Nacional last time playing, versus Manta. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.
Prior to that, an away loss at Independiente Juniors.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from El Nacional's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 9 games, won 6 matches, drawn 2 and lost 1.
The El Nacional fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. Nacional have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Manta form and stats
There's been little loot from Manta's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 13 away games in the Primera B. Manta only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws. Recent form does not give Manta much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. El Nacional will be a tough nut to crack.
Two away games in a row for Manta, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus El Nacional.
Prior to that match, the Manta manager Frías faced defeat when travelling to Guayaquil and losing 1-2.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Manta playing away, we found 10 games. Results were 2 away wins, 5 draws and 3 home wins.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Manta's away games in the league this season with only 5 goals from 13 matches. As opposed to that, Manta have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the squads met earlier this campaign; El Nacional - Manta 1-0. Aguero (Manta) was sent off when these teams previously met this season. Statistics for the former ten meetings between these two contenders are: six wins for Nacional, zero draws and four wins for Manta. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
El Nacional missing players
Manta missing players
| El Nacional | Manta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 29 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 24 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 27 |
| 91% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 77% | 87% |
| 65% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 46% | 57% |
| 39% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 23% | 30% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 13% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 23% | 35% |
| 48% | 64% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 31% | 22% |
| 17% | 9% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 69% | 57% |
| 6.4 | 7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12.5 | 13.4 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 5.7 | 7.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
| 30% | 35% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 21% | 24% |
| 8.8 | 8.4 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.2 | 8.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
- El Nacional have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- El Nacional have scored more than double the goals of Manta.
- El Nacional have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Primera B
- El Nacional have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Primera B
- El Nacional have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Primera B
- Manta have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Manta have the fewest scored goals (13) in Primera B
- Manta have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Primera B
- Manta have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Primera B
- Manta is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| 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 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 38 |
| 2 | Chacaritas | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 37 |
| 3 | America de Quito | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 36 |
| 4 | Independiente Juniors | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 5 | Libertad | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 36 |
| 6 | Imbabura | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | Guayaquil | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | Olmedo | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 27 |
| 9 | Puerto Quito | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 10 | Manta | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 21 |
