Imbabura have journeyed here for an appealing game versus the hosting Guayaquil. Get smart on the fixture with this full Primera B preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Guayaquil and Imbabura.
Guayaquil form and stats
The first Primera B game here at Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt resulted in a draw. Last season Guayaquil's home game statistics were 5 victories, 9 draws and 4 defeats from 18 games.
The fans are hoping that Guayaquil will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Manta (placed 1st).
In the match before that, Guayaquil hosted 9 de Octubre and drew the game 1-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Guayaquil have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 20 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 7 and lost 8.
Guayaquil has scored {1 goals-1} so far and conceded {1 goals-2} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Imbabura form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Primera B ended in defeat. Last season Imbabura had these away match statistics: Played 18; won 4, drew 4 and lost 10.
Imbabura failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Chacaritas (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Late heartbreak for Imbabura in the Chacaritas match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
Prior to that match, the Imbabura manager Lalama faced defeat when travelling to Independiente Juniors and losing 0-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Imbabura in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Imbabura, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Imbabura has managed {0 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Guayaquil one win, two draws and Imbabura one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 2 red cards from the last four duels.
Guayaquil missing players
Imbabura missing players
| Guayaquil | Imbabura | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7 | 10.5 |
| 2.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 3.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9 | 10.5 |
| 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Guayaquil | Last season | Imbabura | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Scored | S | 24 | 47 | ||
| 38 | 18 | Conceded | C | 32 | 51 | ||
| 78% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 89% | ||
| 56% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 36% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 53% | ||
| 17% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 33% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 28% | 19% | ||
| 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | ||
| 39% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 22% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 36% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7.1 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | ||
| 11.3 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manta | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 9 de Octubre | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | America de Quito | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Vargas Torres | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Macará | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Chacaritas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Independiente Juniors | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Guayaquil | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Cuniburo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Imbabura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -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 | El Nacional | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 63 |
| 2 | Independiente Juniors | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 44 | 33 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 56 |
| 3 | Libertad | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 56 |
| 4 | America de Quito | 36 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 54 |
| 5 | Imbabura | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 51 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 32 | -4 | 47 |
| 6 | Chacaritas | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -8 | 43 |
| 7 | Guayaquil | 36 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -5 | 42 |
| 8 | Manta | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 42 |
| 9 | Puerto Quito | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 23 | -5 | 39 |
| 10 | Olmedo | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 20 | -10 | 38 |
