Another action-packed fixture in Liga Pro as El Nacional welcome Universidad Católica

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Competition: Ecuador Liga Pro
Competition: Thu 19.November
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa (39816 seats)

It's ground zero in Liga Pro - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how El Nacional and Universidad Católica did in their pre-season friendlies!

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 El Nacional and Universidad Católica.

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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El Nacional form and stats

Nacional are traveling soon after this match as the Liga Pro match at Olmedo 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.

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Universidad Católica form and stats

A new game in only four days for Universidad Católica, the Liga Pro home match versus Mushuc Runa. Busy days.

Let's have a look at how Universidad Católica performed last season in the Liga Pro: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 19/18 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Universidad Católica - Nacional 1-1 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nacional won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Universidad Católica has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

Universidad CatólicaN. Bazán Vera
N. Bazán Vera
6 goals
Universidad CatólicaB. Vides
B. Vides
5 goals
Universidad CatólicaJ. Tévez
J. Tévez
5 goals

El Nacional missing players

Universidad Católica missing players

Total First Half Second Half
El Nacional Universidad Católica
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 11 22
4 4 2 Won W 1 3 12
7 3 1 Drew D 1 4 5
11 4 1 Lost L 1 4 5
20 16 7 Scored S 2 13 41
34 20 6 Conceded C 2 14 23
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 95%
73% 91% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 82% 86%
50% 73% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 68%
18% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 36%
9% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
59% 82% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 73% 73%
9% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 9% 14%
41% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 27% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.5 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.6 2.2
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
229 115 49 Total Shots T S 22 109 240
89 43 22 Shots on Target S O 7 51 112
22% 37% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 25% 37%
Key stats in Liga Pro this season:
  • El Nacional have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • El Nacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • El Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Universidad Católica have scored more than double the goals of El Nacional.

  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

Table
  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

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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.