El Nacional - Independiente Juniors. 3rd position versus 8th position. The ball is round - get a complete overview of the game here!
- El Nacional have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Primera B
- Independiente Juniors have the most clean sheets (7) in Primera B
El Nacional form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 7 Primera B games here for El Nacional. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Nacional after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Nothing to worry about in defence for El Nacional, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 224 minutes in the Primera B.
A strong away win for El Nacional against Manta the last match.
Ahead of that match, El Nacional won a home game hosting América de Quito (1-0).A decent goal production from Nacional in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. El Nacional are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Independiente Juniors form and stats
There's been little loot from Independiente Juniors's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Primera B. Independiente Juniors only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 0 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Independiente Juniors's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Two away games in a row for Independiente Juniors, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus América de Quito. Independiente lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Imbabura.Low on goals? 12 of this club's latest 14 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
The attacking power of Independiente Juniors when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. In the opposite end, Independiente have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head encounter ended Independiente Juniors - El Nacional 0-0, earlier this season. El Nacional-Independiente Juniors H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Nacional three wins, Independiente Juniors zero wins, two draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).El Nacional missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 19 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 13 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 36% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 14% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 14% |
| 14% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 43% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 50% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 6.2 | 6.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10.5 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 5.6 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 13.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 10.7 | 9.8 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| 31% | 34% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 16% | 17% |
| 9.2 | 9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.1 | 9.4 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.7 | 4.1 |
- El Nacional have scored in all their home matches so far.
- El Nacional have scored more than double the goals of Independiente Juniors.
- El Nacional have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Primera B
- El Nacional have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Primera B
- El Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Independiente Juniors have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Independiente Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Independiente Juniors have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Primera B
- Independiente Juniors have the most clean sheets (7) in Primera B
- Independiente Juniors haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chacaritas | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 2 | América de Quito | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 23 |
| 3 | El Nacional | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Olmedo | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Libertad | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 21 |
| 6 | Guayaquil | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Imbabura | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Independiente Juniors | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 9 | Puerto Quito | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 10 | Manta | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -11 | 10 |
