Football betting preview: Macará vs Vargas Torres

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Competition: Ecuador Primera B
Competition: Wed 02.Aug
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Bellavista de Ambato (20000 seats)

Macará have delivered great football so far this season, being 1st spot in the table. Vargas Torres have an outlook both ways from their 5th spot.

Insights:
  • Macará have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Vargas Torres have the fewest scored goals (16) in Primera B

This could be an interesting game with lots of action and energy as both sides are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Macará form and stats

Macará have performed here at Estadio Bellavista de Ambato this season with 7 wins from 11 Primera B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.

Manchot was the last player to score a league goal for Macará and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Macará haven't scored in 218 minutes.

Macará faced defeat in their previous match, away at Independiente Juniors (0-1).

Before that, Macará drew at home versus Guayaquil.

Macará are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. Defensively Macará have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 11 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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Vargas Torres form and stats

There's been little loot from Vargas Torres's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 11 away games in the Primera B. Vargas Torres only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 6 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.

Vargas play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to 9 de Octubre (placed 6th). That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points.

Before that, Vargas Torres secured a home win against Chacaritas with the score 2-0.

Lacking goals? 13 of this side's last 17 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.

Vargas Torres are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 11 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Vargas have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met earlier this season: Macará - Vargas Torres 1-0. Macará-Vargas Torres H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Macará one win, Vargas Torres zero wins, one draw. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Macará missing players

Vargas Torres missing players

Macará Vargas Torres
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 11 22
11 7 2 Won W 0 0 6
7 3 0 Drew D 1 6 10
4 1 0 Lost L 1 5 6
27 13 4 Scored S 0 3 16
17 4 1 Conceded C 1 12 16
82% 73% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 64% 68%
68% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 45% 45%
32% 18% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 27% 27%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 5%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 18% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 23%
45% 73% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 55%
27% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 73% 55%
 
4.8 5.3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 1.2 1.8
3.6 3.3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 3.7 3.2
3.1 3.5 7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 2.2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
12 14.5 7 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 7.2 7.9
4.3 5.1 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 1.9 2.7
29% 23% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 27%
 
7.7 7.6 8 Shots against (avg) S A 6 9.5 7.5
2.9 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.9 2.8
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Macará have created more than twice as many corners as Vargas Torres.
  • Macará have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Macará have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vargas Torres have scored away.
  • Vargas Torres have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Vargas Torres have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Vargas Torres have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Primera B
  • Vargas Torres have the fewest scored goals (16) in Primera B
  • Vargas Torres have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Primera B
  • Vargas Torres have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Primera B
  • Vargas Torres have the most clean sheets (12) in Primera B
  • Vargas Torres have the most clean sheets (4) away in Primera B
  • Vargas Torres have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vargas Torres have yet to win a game away.

  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 22 11 7 4 27 17 11 7 3 1 13 4 11 4 4 3 14 13 10 40
2 Imbabura 22 10 7 5 37 27 10 5 4 1 14 8 12 5 3 4 23 19 10 37
3 Manta 22 10 5 7 25 20 11 9 2 0 17 3 11 1 3 7 8 17 5 35
4 Independiente Juniors 22 8 7 7 22 26 11 8 3 0 16 5 11 0 4 7 6 21 -4 31
5 Vargas Torres 22 6 10 6 16 16 11 6 4 1 13 4 11 0 6 5 3 12 0 28
6 9 de Octubre 22 7 6 9 34 29 12 7 3 2 28 14 10 0 3 7 6 15 5 27
7 Cuniburo 21 6 9 6 22 22 11 4 5 2 14 11 10 2 4 4 8 11 0 27
8 Guayaquil 22 4 11 7 20 25 10 4 3 3 11 12 12 0 8 4 9 13 -5 23
9 Chacaritas 21 5 6 10 25 31 11 2 5 4 16 18 10 3 1 6 9 13 -6 21
10 America de Quito 22 5 6 11 25 40 11 3 5 3 15 17 11 2 1 8 10 23 -15 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.