It's still early in the Primera B season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the El Nacional - Independiente Juniors preview!
- El Nacional have won all their matches at home so far.
- Independiente Juniors have the most scored goals (12) in Primera B
El Nacional and Independiente Juniors should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
El Nacional form and stats
As mentioned below, El Nacional are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Primera B games. There’s a good atmosphere here after three straight home wins.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Cumbaya.
El Nacional has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Independiente Juniors form and stats
Independiente Juniors are still undefeated on their travels in the Primera B. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
A 1-1 draw at Puerto Quito's stadium before that.
Independiente Juniors have the goal stats of 5-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
El Nacional missing players
Independiente Juniors missing players
| El Nacional | Independiente Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 40% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 5 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 15 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9 | 11.4 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 31% | 67% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 56% | 48% |
- All of El Nacional's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Independiente Juniors's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- El Nacional have won all their matches at home so far.
- El Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Independiente Juniors have not yet lost a game away.
- Independiente Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Independiente Juniors have scored in all their matches so far.
- Independiente Juniors have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Primera B
- Independiente Juniors have the most scored goals (12) in Primera B
- Independiente Juniors have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in Primera B
- Independiente Juniors have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Primera B
- Independiente Juniors have the the best goal difference (+7) in Primera B
- Independiente Juniors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Independiente Juniors is in the best form (3-1-1)
| El Nacional | Last season | Independiente Juniors | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 26 | 20 | Scored | S | 8 | 18 | ||
| 49 | 28 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 77% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 67% | ||
| 53% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 39% | ||
| 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 7% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 6% | ||
| 53% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 44% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 28% | ||
| 47% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 39% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 20% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Independiente Juniors | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Guayaquil | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Cumbaya | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Chacaritas | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 5 | El Nacional | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | America de Quito | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Gualaceo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Duros del Balón | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 9 | Puerto Quito | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | LDU Portoviejo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |