It's a new Liga Pro campaign and El Nacional are eager to get started here at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa. Emelec are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.
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
Nacional are traveling soon after this match as the Liga Pro match at Macará awaits in three days.
Last season, El Nacional's league statistics were 13 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Liga Pro. Over these 30 matches they scored 41 goals and conceded 34. Playing at home last season El Nacional managed 6-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 17 conceded.
Emelec form and stats
A quick return to home after this game, as Emelec are hosting Independiente del Valle in the Liga Pro only four days away.
Let's have a look at how Emelec performed last season in the Liga Pro: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 4 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 19/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Nacional victories, two draws and six Emelec wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() R. Ordóñez Ayoví 5 goals | ![]() L. Congo Minda 4 goals | ![]() F. Mejía Perlaza 3 goals |
El Nacional missing players
Emelec missing players
| El Nacional | Emelec | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 17 | 11 | 8 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 89% |
| 56% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 56% |
| 22% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 22% | 40% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 78% | 80% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 22% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 33% |
| 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | 57 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 42 | 86 |
| 34 | 19 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 20 | 43 |
| 32% | 42% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 15% | 28% |
- All of El Nacional's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- El Nacional have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- El Nacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- El Nacional have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Emelec have scored away.
- El Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Emelec have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Emelec have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Emelec have yet to win a game away.
- Emelec haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 Guayaquil | 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 |