Delightful dogfight as daring 9 de Octubre duel with determined Independiente Juniors

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Competition: Ecuador Primera B
Competition: Sun 26.March
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Los Chirijos (48780 seats)

Independiente Juniors have come here for an engaging battle against the home side 9 de Octubre. Read up on the match with this full Primera B preview!

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.

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9 de Octubre form and stats

The hosts won their first Primera B game here at Estadio Los Chirijos, lifting spirits. Home statistics for 9 de Octubre last season were 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses from 7 games.

A nice win for Octubre last time playing, versus Independiente Juniors. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, 9 de Octubre played a great game against Independiente Juniors and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

1-1 away at Guayaquil before that.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how 9 de Octubre have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Early season league goal statistics from 9 de Octubre's 1 home game: {5 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Independiente Juniors form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Primera B ended in defeat. Last season Independiente Juniors had these away match statistics: Played 18; won 7, drew 3 and lost 8.

Independiente lost away at 9 de Octubre (1-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Independiente Juniors lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Imbabura.

Independiente Juniors are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 8 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.

Independiente Juniors have the goal stats of 1-5 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have met previously this season: 9 de Octubre - Independiente Juniors 5-1. Previous three meetings involving these sides: Octubre won two, Independiente Juniors were winners in one and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

9 de Octubre missing players

Independiente Juniors missing players

9 de Octubre Independiente Juniors
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
6 5 0 Scored S 0 1 2
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 5 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 7.5
6 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1.5
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 11
5.5 8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4
55% 62% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 25%
 
11 13 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 8
5 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 8 6.5
9 de Octubre Last season Independiente Juniors
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   18 36
3 3   Won W   7 15
10 6   Drew D   3 11
17 6   Lost L   8 10
27 14   Scored S   22 44
51 21   Conceded C   21 33
97% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 89%
80% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 56%
50% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 33%
30% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   28% 25%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 11%
60% 47%   BTTS BTTS   39% 42%
13% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 39%
30% 33%   Failed to Score F T   33% 31%
 
4.9 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.9
4.6 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.5
2.7 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.7
6 3   Red cards R C   4 10
 
5.9 6.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.8 9.1
2.8 2.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.5
33% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 32%
 
6.9 5.1   Shots against (avg) S A   9 8.4
3.7 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 9 de Octubre 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
2 America de Quito 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Vargas Torres 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Macará 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Chacaritas 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
6 Independiente Juniors 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -3 3
7 Guayaquil 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
8 Manta 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
9 Cuniburo 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
10 Imbabura 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
Last season 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 15 9 6 0 28 9 8 5 3 0 19 5 7 4 3 0 9 4 19 33
2 Independiente del Valle 15 9 2 4 20 16 8 5 1 2 10 4 7 4 1 2 10 12 4 29
3 Universidad Catolica 15 8 3 4 22 12 7 5 0 2 14 5 8 3 3 2 8 7 10 27
4 LDU Quito 15 7 5 3 23 17 7 4 2 1 11 5 8 3 3 2 12 12 6 26
5 Emelec 15 7 4 4 22 15 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 3 3 2 10 6 7 25
6 Deportivo Cuenca 15 6 4 5 18 16 8 5 2 1 14 9 7 1 2 4 4 7 2 22
7 Tecnico Universitario 15 6 4 5 20 20 7 4 2 1 13 8 8 2 2 4 7 12 0 22
8 Barcelona 15 5 6 4 24 19 8 2 4 2 13 11 7 3 2 2 11 8 5 21
9 Delfin 15 5 4 6 17 19 8 3 3 2 9 8 7 2 1 4 8 11 -2 19
10 Orense 15 4 6 5 16 17 7 3 2 2 12 8 8 1 4 3 4 9 -1 18
11 Cumbaya 15 4 6 5 15 16 8 3 4 1 9 5 7 1 2 4 6 11 -1 18
12 Guayaquil City 15 4 5 6 15 17 8 3 4 1 9 4 7 1 1 5 6 13 -2 17
13 Gualaceo 15 4 2 9 10 23 7 3 1 3 5 7 8 1 1 6 5 16 -13 14
14 Mushuc Runa 15 2 6 7 12 22 7 2 3 2 7 5 8 0 3 5 5 17 -10 12
15 Macará 15 2 5 8 17 28 8 2 2 4 11 16 7 0 3 4 6 12 -11 11
16 9 de Octubre 15 2 4 9 12 25 7 2 2 3 6 8 8 0 2 6 6 17 -13 10
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 El Nacional 36 18 9 9 54 37 18 12 4 2 33 13 18 6 5 7 21 24 17 63
2 Independiente Juniors 36 15 11 10 44 33 18 8 8 2 22 12 18 7 3 8 22 21 11 56
3 Libertad 36 15 11 10 42 38 18 8 7 3 23 17 18 7 4 7 19 21 4 56
4 America de Quito 36 13 15 8 41 31 18 7 9 2 21 12 18 6 6 6 20 19 10 54
5 Imbabura 36 13 8 15 47 51 18 9 4 5 23 19 18 4 4 10 24 32 -4 47
6 Chacaritas 36 11 10 15 30 38 18 10 2 6 18 12 18 1 8 9 12 26 -8 43
7 Guayaquil 36 9 15 12 33 38 18 5 9 4 20 18 18 4 6 8 13 20 -5 42
8 Manta 36 10 12 14 29 39 18 8 4 6 21 20 18 2 8 8 8 19 -10 42
9 Puerto Quito 36 9 12 15 31 36 18 9 5 4 24 13 18 0 7 11 7 23 -5 39
10 Olmedo 36 10 11 15 33 43 18 7 5 6 20 23 18 3 6 9 13 20 -10 38

Read more about Primera B

The Primera Categoria Serie B, often shortened to Serie B or Primera B, is the second-highest level of football in Ecuador. Like Serie A the competition format often changes every year. Currently it holds ten teams and the season runs from February to December in two stages.