Macará vs El Nacional: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Ecuador Liga Pro
Competition: Sun 06.September
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Bellavista de Ambato (20000 seats)

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

It's no vacation for neither Macará nor El Nacional as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Macará form and stats

The match schedule is unforgiving for Macará as they have a new game in only four days, a Liga Pro match thankfully also at home. Barcelona Guayaquil are visiting.

Macará could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Liga Pro. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Estadio Bellavista de Ambato they witnessed 8 victories, 6 draws and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W17 - D11 - L2 from 30 games.

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El Nacional form and stats

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

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Macará wins - draws - El Nacional wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MacaráJ. Herrera Sanabria
J. Herrera Sanabria
6 goals
El NacionalL. Congo Minda
L. Congo Minda
4 goals
El NacionalF. Mejía Perlaza
F. Mejía Perlaza
3 goals

Macará missing players

El Nacional missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Macará El Nacional
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 2 4 10
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 3
4 2 0 Drew D 2 2 3
3 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
11 4 2 Scored S 2 3 13
12 2 1 Conceded C 2 6 18
90% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
30% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 60%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 80%
20% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
40% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 20%
 
5.2 5.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.5 3.8
4.4 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.2 4.5
2.9 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
82 28 15 Total Shots T S 19 30 93
40 12 5 Shots on Target S O 7 15 36
28% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 20% 36%
Key stats in Liga Pro this season:
  • 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 yet to win a game away.
  • El Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Macará have not yet lost a game at home.

  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.