El Nacional favourites for feisty fight facing Chacaritas

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Competition: Ecuador Primera B
Competition: Sun 30.October
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa (39816 seats)

El Nacional have excelled Chacaritas this season, but every fixture opens at 0-0. Here's all the details you require prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • El Nacional have the most scored goals (52) in Primera B
  • Chacaritas have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Primera B

El Nacional have already won the league and the fans have gone wild! Even so, with the trophy already secured there could be issues regarding the team's motivation in this one. Chacaritas have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 6th place no matter what happens.

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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El Nacional form and stats

37 points is a decent return from 17 Primera B games here at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa for El Nacional. The data says 11 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Nacional after consecutive victories at their own ground.

El Nacional's last game was hosting Chacaritas (placed 6th) and winning 1-0.

Heartbreak before that as El Nacional lost 2-3 at Imbabura's place.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from El Nacional's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 12 games, won 8 matches, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Betting people might want to know that 8 of the latest 10 league games from these players have had goals from both sides.

The Nacional fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 17 league matches. El Nacional have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Chacaritas form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Chacaritas so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 1-8-8 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Chacaritas have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Chacaritas, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus El Nacional (placed 1st).

A 1-2 loss hosting Libertad before that.

Lacking goals? 25 of this team's last 30 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 24 goals have been conceded by Chacaritas in these games.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have fought before this season: Chacaritas - Nacional 0-2. Head-to-head totals (for the prior seven meetings): El Nacional won five games, one match ended with a tie and Chacaritas managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / five. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last seven duels.

El Nacional missing players

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El Nacional Chacaritas
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 4 Played P 4 18 36
18 12 2 Won W 0 1 11
9 4 0 Drew D 1 8 10
9 2 2 Lost L 3 9 15
53 32 8 Scored S 2 12 30
37 13 5 Conceded C 8 25 37
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
69% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 61% 53%
42% 39% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 22% 22%
22% 22% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 22% 14%
17% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 6% 6%
53% 44% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 33%
39% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 36%
14% 11% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 42%
 
6.1 6.6 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 3.8 4.9
5 4.5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.4 4.4
3.1 3.1 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.1 2.9
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
12.6 12.9 14 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.7 10.3
4.4 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.6 4.1
34% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 19% 20%
 
8.9 8.4 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 6.8 8.5 9.1
3.7 3.3 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.1 3.9
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Chacaritas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Chacaritas have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Primera B
  • Chacaritas have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Primera B
  • Chacaritas have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Primera B
  • Chacaritas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • El Nacional have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • El Nacional have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chacaritas have scored away.
  • El Nacional have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in Primera B
  • El Nacional have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Primera B
  • El Nacional have the most points (37) at home in Primera B
  • El Nacional have the most points from losing position (14) in Primera B
  • El Nacional have the most scored goals (31) at home in Primera B
  • El Nacional have the most scored goals (52) in Primera B
  • El Nacional have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Primera B
  • El Nacional have the the best goal difference (+15) in Primera B
  • El Nacional have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Primera B

  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 35 17 9 9 52 37 17 11 4 2 31 13 18 6 5 7 21 24 15 60
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 América 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 35 11 10 14 30 36 18 10 2 6 18 12 17 1 8 8 12 24 -6 43
7 Manta 36 10 12 14 29 39 18 8 4 6 21 20 18 2 8 8 8 19 -10 42
8 Guayaquil 35 9 14 12 32 37 17 5 8 4 19 17 18 4 6 8 13 20 -5 41
9 Olmedo 36 10 11 15 33 43 18 7 5 6 20 23 18 3 6 9 13 20 -10 41
10 Puerto Quito 35 9 11 15 30 35 18 9 5 4 24 13 17 0 6 11 6 22 -5 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.