New season, new opportunities: Here's what you need to know before the Universidad Católica - El Nacional match!
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.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Universidad Católica form and stats
The manager S. Escobar Saldarriaga will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Mushuc Runa in only three days.
Last season, Universidad Católica's league statistics were 16 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Liga Pro. Over these 30 matches they scored 48 goals and conceded 29. Playing at home last season Universidad Católica managed 10-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 11 conceded.
El Nacional form and stats
A quick return to home after this game, as Nacional are hosting Olmedo in the Liga Pro only three days away.
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
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Universidad Católica six wins, two draws and El Nacional two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Tévez 3 goals |  N. Bazán Vera 3 goals | J. Chala Vásquez 2 goals |
Universidad Católica missing players
El Nacional missing players
| Universidad Católica | El Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 83% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 7.8 | 7 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 68 | 24 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 16 | 59 |
| 31 | 12 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 42% | 58% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 8% | 25% |
- All of El Nacional's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Universidad Católica's home-matches have had more than 3,5 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.
- Universidad Católica have scored in all their matches so far.
- Universidad Católica have scored more than double the goals of El Nacional.
- Universidad Católica have won all their matches at home so far.
- Universidad Católica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Universidad Católica 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 | 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 |