El Nacional should be favourites to win this home game against Duros del Balón, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we in for a surprise?
- El Nacional have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Primera B
- Duros del Balón have the most conceded goals (39) in Primera B
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
El Nacional form and stats
El Nacional have performed here at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa this season with 9 wins from 12 Primera B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Nacional has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa. We remember; it was Gualaceo.
Nacional travelled for their previous game, a trip to America de Quito that ended 1-1.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Chacaritas in a game that was won 1-0.Nacional have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa with 19 goals in 12 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Nacional have only let in 4 goals at home.
Duros del Balón form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Duros del Balón so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Duros del Balón's previous match, a Primera B home game that ended 0-0 vs Puerto Quito (placed 10th).
Prior to that match, the Duros del Balón manager faced defeat when travelling to Gualaceo and losing 2-4.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Duros del Balón as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Duros del Balón struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Duros del Balón - Nacional 1-0. El Nacional-Duros del Balón H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Nacional zero wins, Duros del Balón one win, one draw. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).El Nacional missing players
Duros del Balón missing players
| El Nacional | Duros del Balón | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 30 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 32 |
| 20 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 21 | 39 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 88% |
| 67% | 58% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 79% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 73% | 71% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 38% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 58% |
| 46% | 75% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 25% |
| 21% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 29% |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9.4 | 11.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.4 | 10.7 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 31% | 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 19% | 29% |
- Duros del Balón have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Duros del Balón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Duros del Balón have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Primera B
- Duros del Balón have the most conceded goals (39) in Primera B
- Duros del Balón have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Primera B
- Duros del Balón have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Primera B
- El Nacional have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- El Nacional have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Primera B
- El Nacional have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Primera B
- El Nacional have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Primera B
- El Nacional have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Primera B
- El Nacional have the most points (29) at home in Primera B
- El Nacional have the the best goal difference (+15) 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 | Cumbaya | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 47 |
| 2 | El Nacional | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 41 |
| 3 | Guayaquil | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -5 | 35 |
| 4 | Gualaceo | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Independiente Juniors | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 33 |
| 6 | Chacaritas | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 30 |
| 7 | America de Quito | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Duros del Balón | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -7 | 29 |
| 9 | LDU Portoviejo | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -7 | 26 |
| 10 | Puerto Quito | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 26 |