Victory alone will be enough for the El Nacional club members in this Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa duel with Puerto Quito, seeing as they have a robust lead on their opponents in the Primera B table.
- El Nacional have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Primera B
- Puerto Quito have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Primera B
El Nacional form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa as El Nacional have scored 12 goals to get 16 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Primera B are 5-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). El Nacional has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
El Nacional are confident in defense, having played 224 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win for 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 at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Puerto Quito form and stats
There's been little loot from Puerto Quito's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 7 away games in the Primera B. Puerto Quito only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Puerto are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Puerto Quito played 0-0 against Libertad in their previous match.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Guayaquil.A tale of few goals? 12 of this team's last 14 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.
Goals are few and far between in Puerto Quito's away league games. Only 2 goals from 7 travels. Puerto have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought before this season: Puerto Quito - El Nacional 1-1. El Nacional-Puerto Quito H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: El Nacional three wins, Puerto Quito zero wins, two draws. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last five duels.El Nacional missing players
Puerto Quito missing players
| El Nacional | Puerto Quito | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 19 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 86% |
| 71% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 43% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 71% | 50% |
| 6.2 | 6.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 4 | 4 |
| 5.6 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | 13.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7 | 7.8 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
| 31% | 34% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 9.2 | 9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 10.6 | 9.4 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
- El Nacional have scored in all their home matches so far.
- El Nacional have scored more than double the goals of Puerto Quito.
- 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.
- Puerto Quito have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Puerto Quito have the fewest points (2) away in Primera B
- Puerto Quito have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Primera B
- Puerto Quito have yet to win a 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 |
