This is the Liga Pro season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will El Nacional or Técnico Universitario get that important first win?
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
El Nacional form and stats
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.
Técnico Universitario form and stats
Let's have a look at how Técnico Universitario performed last season in the Liga Pro: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 5 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 60 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 19/30 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (El Nacional wins - draws - Técnico Universitario wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.El Nacional missing players
Técnico Universitario missing players
| El Nacional | Técnico Universitario | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 50% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 80% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 20% |
| 5 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | 35 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 18 | 50 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 38% |
| El Nacional | Last season | Técnico Universitario | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 9 | 17 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Scored | S | 19 | 40 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 30 | 60 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | ||
| 43% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 60% | ||
| 27% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 23% | ||
| 47% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 53% | ||
| 37% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 13% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 37% | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 9 | ||
| 294 | 142 | Total Shots | T S | 129 | 286 | ||
| 123 | 61 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 108 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 37% | ||
| 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 Catolica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |