Primera B preview: Can Guayaquil edge out victory against Chacaritas?

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Competition: Ecuador Primera B
Competition: Wed 16.Aug
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Los Chirijos (48780 seats)

This is a vital battle in the cellar of the Primera B, with both Guayaquil and Chacaritas feeling more anxiety than joy. This match is a typical "six-pointer" with the team playing at home at 8th and the visiting team in 9th place.

Insights:
  • Guayaquil have the most points from losing position (12) in Primera B

Both teams have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an animated game!

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Guayaquil form and stats

Guayaquil, who have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in Primera B, have played 11 Primera B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Guayaquil hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like 9 de Octubre, Guayaquil and América de Quito), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Guayaquil are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.

Guayaquil drew their last game, 2-2 away at América de Quito (placed 10th).

In the match before that, Guayaquil hosted Independiente Juniors and drew the game 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Guayaquil handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

12 goals have been conceded.

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Chacaritas form and stats

Playing away, Chacaritas have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 6 defeats in the Primera B this season.

Chacaritas might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Manta proved too strong as Chacaritas slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at EStadio de Pelileo.

Prior to that result Chacaritas won their away game at Imbabura. The scoreline was 1-0.

Chacaritas are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

A bet on few goals? 5 league matches in a row with this club have had at most two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chacaritas as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Chacaritas have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. When Chacaritas is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against 9 de Octubre, Chacaritas and América de Quito.

Head 2 Head

Guayaquil and Chacaritas have faced off previously this season: Guayaquil - Chacaritas 1-0. Guayaquil-Chacaritas H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Guayaquil two wins, Chacaritas three wins, five draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Guayaquil missing players

Chacaritas missing players

Guayaquil Chacaritas
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 2 Played P 2 11 23
4 4 1 Won W 1 4 6
13 4 1 Drew D 0 1 6
7 3 0 Lost L 1 6 11
22 11 4 Scored S 5 10 26
27 12 2 Conceded C 5 13 32
75% 73% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
54% 55% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 45% 65%
38% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 36% 43%
21% 18% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 18% 22%
8% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 18% 17%
50% 45% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 36% 57%
33% 45% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 17%
42% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 45% 30%
 
4.3 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4 4.6
3.8 2.9 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.7 4
3.4 3.4 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.5 3.2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
8.8 11.2 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.2 9.6
3.7 4.9 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3 3.9
25% 20% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 71% 30% 29%
 
12.2 11.4 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 12.6 10.7
4.6 4.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.7 4.1
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Guayaquil have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Guayaquil have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in Primera B
  • Guayaquil have the most points from losing position (12) 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 Macará 24 12 8 4 30 18 12 8 3 1 15 4 12 4 5 3 15 14 12 44
2 Manta 25 11 6 8 27 22 13 9 3 1 18 5 12 2 3 7 9 17 5 39
3 Imbabura 24 10 8 6 37 28 11 5 4 2 14 9 13 5 4 4 23 19 9 38
4 Independiente Juniors 24 8 9 7 22 26 12 8 4 0 16 5 12 0 5 7 6 21 -4 33
5 Vargas Torres 25 7 11 7 18 19 12 6 5 1 14 5 13 1 6 6 4 14 -1 32
6 Cuniburo 23 7 10 6 27 23 12 5 5 2 18 11 11 2 5 4 9 12 4 31
7 9 de Octubre 24 7 7 10 35 34 13 7 4 2 29 15 11 0 3 8 6 19 1 28
8 Guayaquil 24 4 13 7 22 27 11 4 4 3 11 12 13 0 9 4 11 15 -5 25
9 Chacaritas 23 6 6 11 26 32 12 2 5 5 16 19 11 4 1 6 10 13 -6 24
10 América de Quito 24 5 8 11 28 43 12 3 6 3 17 19 12 2 2 8 11 24 -15 23

Read more about Primera B

The Primera Categoria Serie B, often shortened to Serie B or Primera B, is the second-highest level of football in Ecuador. Like Serie A the competition format often changes every year. Currently it holds ten teams and the season runs from February to December in two stages.