Liga Pro match preview and statistics: Guayaquil City fight Universidad Católica

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Competition: Ecuador Liga Pro
Competition: Sun 22.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt (10150 seats)

This is the Liga Pro season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Guayaquil City or Universidad Católica get that important first win?

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Universidad Católica's home stadium. The visitors last four games on artifical turf have ended in 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses.

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Guayaquil City form and stats

Last season, Guayaquil City's league statistics were 8 wins, 7 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Liga Pro. Over these 30 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 48. Playing at home last season Guayaquil City managed 6-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 17 conceded.

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Universidad Católica form and stats

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

Last ten meetings between the teams: Guayaquil City won four, Universidad Católica won five and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Guayaquil CityM. Hoyos
M. Hoyos
3 goals

Guayaquil City missing players

Universidad Católica missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Guayaquil City Universidad Católica
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 2 Played P 1 3 4
2 1 1 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 1 Drew D 1 2 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
7 5 5 Scored S 2 5 9
4 2 2 Conceded C 2 4 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 75%
25% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 50%
25% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.8 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.3 5.8
4.8 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 2.7 2.5
2.5 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.3 3.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
36 25 25 Total Shots T S 9 31 48
19 12 12 Shots on Target S O 6 15 22
37% 42% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 41%
Guayaquil City Last season Universidad Católica
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   16 32
8 6   Won W   7 17
7 4   Drew D   2 5
15 5   Lost L   7 10
35 20   Scored S   22 51
48 17   Conceded C   20 33
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
73% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 69%
47% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 50%
27% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 22%
13% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 12%
53% 60%   BTTS BTTS   69% 56%
17% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 28%
30% 20%   Failed to Score F T   25% 22%
 
3.6 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.8
4.7 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 3.5
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.4
2 0   Red cards R C   2 5
 
242 142   Total Shots T S   146 346
104 62   Shots on Target S O   65 148
34% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 34%

  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 Macara 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 Tecnico 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 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 Macara 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 Tecnico 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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