It's game day two of the Primera B campaign and a lot to play for. Check out our exhaustive preview of El Nacional-Olmedo!
Both squads have had enough days rest since their last match. Let's trust this will be an animated match!
El Nacional form and stats
Last season, El Nacional's league results were 16 wins, 11 draws and 9 losses, resulting in 3rd place in the Liga Pro. During these 36 matches they scored 49 goals and let in 36. Appearing as the home side in the previous season El Nacional generated 13-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 15 conceded.
Nacional drew their last game, 0-0 away at Independiente Juniors (placed 6th).
Before that, El Nacional played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Independiente Juniors.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does El Nacional handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, three draws and three defeats.
Olmedo form and stats
Let's have a look at how Olmedo performed last season in the Liga Pro: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 0 victories, 1 draw and 14 defeats. In total they scored 9 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 0 and lost 7 with 4/28 goals scored/conceded. Olmedo are desperate to end a 20-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Delfin fixture.
Gauna was the last player to score for the away team. Olmedo haven't scored a league goal in the last 267 minutes.
Olmedo have lots to prove after their out-of-character loss (0-2) to Libertad in their previous outing, played in front of their own supporters.
A 0-2 loss hosting Orense before that.Olmedo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and three defeats. From a total of five matches.
After this away game Olmedo return home for a Primera B game against Independiente Juniors. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (El Nacional wins - draws - Olmedo wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.El Nacional missing players
Olmedo missing players
| El Nacional | Olmedo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| El Nacional | Last season | Olmedo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 16 | 13 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 11 | 21 | ||
| 49 | 34 | Scored | S | 11 | 22 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 44 | 76 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 83% | ||
| 72% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 83% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 67% | ||
| 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 53% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | ||
| 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 40% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 17% | ||
| 19% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 73% | 60% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10.8 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 29% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 24% | ||
| 9.2 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.1 | 6.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chacaritas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Libertad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | America de Quito | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | El Nacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Imbabura | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Independiente Juniors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Manta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Puerto Quito | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Guayaquil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Olmedo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -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 | Cumbaya | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 67 |
| 2 | Gualaceo | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 46 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 60 |
| 3 | El Nacional | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 59 |
| 4 | Chacaritas | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 49 |
| 5 | America de Quito | 36 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 41 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 47 |
| 6 | Guayaquil | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 41 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 35 | -12 | 47 |
| 7 | Independiente Juniors | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 46 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 23 | -1 | 43 |
| 8 | Puerto Quito | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 44 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 26 | -7 | 42 |
| 9 | Duros del Balon | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 46 | 64 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 40 | -18 | 39 |
| 10 | LDU Portoviejo | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 52 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 31 | -10 | 37 |
| 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 | Independiente del Valle | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Emelec | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | 9 de Octubre | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Universidad Catolica | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | LDU Quito | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Delfin | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Tecnico Universitario | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Aucas | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Barcelona | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Guayaquil City | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Orense | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Deportivo Cuenca | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Mushuc Runa | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 14 | Macara | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 13 |
| 15 | Manta | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Olmedo | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 28 | -40 | 1 |