Macará contests Guayaquil confrontation

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Competition: Ecuador Primera B
Competition: Wed 19.Jul
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Bellavista de Ambato (20000 seats)

Macará are probable winners of this home game vs Guayaquil, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • Macará have the the best goal difference (+11) in Primera B
  • Guayaquil have yet to win a game away.

Macará and Guayaquil should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Macará form and stats

Macará have performed here at Estadio Bellavista de Ambato this season with 7 wins from 10 Primera B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

Macará shared the glory with America de Quito in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Before that game, the home loss against Imbabura with the scoreline 0-2.

The Macará fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Defensively Macará have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Guayaquil form and stats

There's been little loot from Guayaquil's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 10 away games in the Primera B. Guayaquil only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 6 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Guayaquil failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Imbabura (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 2-4. Leading 2-0 was not enough for Guayaquil in their fight with Imbabura last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-4 loss.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Vargas Torres wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Guayaquil have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The newest past history involving both these sides is the Guayaquil - Macará 1-2 played earlier this season. Lastra (Guayaquil) was shown a red card when these teams last played each other. Previous two meetings with these sides: Macará won one, Guayaquil were winners in zero and we saw one draw. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

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Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 10 20
11 7 3 Won W 0 0 4
6 2 0 Drew D 1 6 9
3 1 0 Lost L 1 4 7
27 13 6 Scored S 3 8 19
16 4 1 Conceded C 4 12 24
85% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 80%
75% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 55%
35% 20% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 30% 40%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 20%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 10% 10%
50% 20% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
45% 70% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
20% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 40%
 
4.4 4.5 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3.6 4.2
3.6 3.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 3.4 3.1
3.1 3.5 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 3.4 3.5
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.2 12.7 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.8 9.1
4.3 4.9 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.4 3.8
31% 27% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 33% 25%
 
7.8 8.3 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 10.4 10.8
2.9 2.7 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.3 4.2
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Guayaquil have yet to win a game away.
  • Macará have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Macará have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Primera B
  • Macará have the the best goal difference (+11) 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 20 11 6 3 27 16 10 7 2 1 13 4 10 4 4 2 14 12 11 39
2 Imbabura 20 8 7 5 33 25 9 4 4 1 12 7 11 4 3 4 21 18 8 31
3 Manta 19 9 4 6 20 17 9 8 1 0 13 2 10 1 3 6 7 15 3 31
4 Independiente Juniors 20 7 7 6 21 22 10 7 3 0 15 5 10 0 4 6 6 17 -1 28
5 Vargas Torres 20 5 10 5 14 13 10 5 4 1 11 4 10 0 6 4 3 9 1 25
6 Cuniburo 19 5 9 5 20 19 10 3 5 2 12 11 9 2 4 3 8 8 1 24
7 9 de Octubre 20 5 6 9 27 29 10 5 3 2 21 14 10 0 3 7 6 15 -2 21
8 Chacaritas 20 5 6 9 25 29 11 2 5 4 16 18 9 3 1 5 9 11 -4 21
9 Guayaquil 20 4 9 7 19 24 10 4 3 3 11 12 10 0 6 4 8 12 -5 21
10 America de Quito 20 5 6 9 24 36 10 3 5 2 14 15 10 2 1 7 10 21 -12 21

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.