Liga Pro match preview: Aucas versus El Nacional

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Competition: Ecuador Liga Pro
Competition: Wed 19.August
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda (22000 seats)

Aucas and El Nacional supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Liga Pro season. Game on!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Aucas and El Nacional.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Aucas form and stats

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Liga Pro game versus LDU Quito in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda.

Last season, Aucas's league statistics were 14 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Liga Pro. Over these 30 matches they scored 48 goals and conceded 44. Playing at home last season Aucas managed 10-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 15 conceded.

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El Nacional form and stats

The schedule is very tough for Nacional now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga Pro game at Universidad Católica is waiting in only four days.

Let's have a look at how El Nacional performed last season in the Liga Pro: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 6 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 21/17 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Aucas two wins, three draws and El Nacional one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AucasV. Figueroa
V. Figueroa
2 goals
El NacionalF. Mejía Perlaza
F. Mejía Perlaza
2 goals
El NacionalL. Congo Minda
L. Congo Minda
2 goals

Aucas missing players

El Nacional missing players

Aucas El Nacional
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 1 5
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 1 1 Lost L 0 0 2
5 4 1 Scored S 0 1 6
11 2 2 Conceded C 0 1 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 60%
40% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 80%
20% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
40% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
3.8 4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.2
4.6 2.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4.6
2.2 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
49 19 8 Total Shots T S 0 7 50
18 9 2 Shots on Target S O 0 5 17
28% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 35%
Key stats in Liga Pro this season:
  • All of Aucas's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of El Nacional's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Aucas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Aucas haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • El Nacional have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • El Nacional have not yet lost a game away.
  • El Nacional have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • El Nacional have yet to win a game away.
  • El Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Aucas Last season El Nacional
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   15 30
15 11   Won W   7 13
9 3   Drew D   3 6
10 3   Lost L   5 11
50 29   Scored S   21 41
47 18   Conceded C   17 34
88% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 97%
74% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 67%
59% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 43%
29% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 27%
18% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 7%
62% 53%   BTTS BTTS   40% 47%
29% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 37%
21% 18%   Failed to Score F T   20% 20%
 
4.9 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4
4.7 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.5
2.7 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.5
10 4   Red cards R C   3 7
 
294 161   Total Shots T S   152 294
131 67   Shots on Target S O   62 123
36% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aucas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Delfin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Deportivo Cuenca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 El Nacional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Emelec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Guayaquil City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Independiente del Valle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 LDU Portoviejo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 LDU Quito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Macará 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Mushuc Runa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Olmedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Orense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Técnico Universitario 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Universidad Católica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Read more about Liga Pro

The Primera Categoria Serie A, also known as Serie A or Primera A and previously known as the Liga Pro, is the top level football league in Ecuador. The format changes often, but the season generally runs from February to December in multiple stages. At present Serie A has 16 teams.