Guayaquil vs Independiente Juniors: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Ecuador Primera B
Competition: Thu 02.September
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)

29 rounds of fixtures have been played and Guayaquil are 2 points ahead of Independiente Juniors. What happens today?

Insights:
  • Guayaquil is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Independiente Juniors have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Primera B

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Guayaquil form and stats

It's trouble wherever Guayaquil are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

The Guayaquil fans got no joy from their last match, a Primera B game also here: A 0-2 defeat against Gualaceo (placed 3rd).

Prior to that, an away loss at El Nacional.

Guayaquil have scored 11 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Guayaquil have conceded 15 goals.

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Independiente Juniors form and stats

Independiente Juniors have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Primera B, after 3-5-6 (14 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Independiente Juniors are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Independiente's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Puerto Quito that finished 1-1.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Gualaceo wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Independiente have scored 15 goals in 14 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Independiente Juniors have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have played earlier this season: Independiente Juniors - Guayaquil 1-2. Guayaquil-Independiente Juniors H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Guayaquil two wins, Independiente Juniors one win, zero draws. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Guayaquil missing players

Independiente Juniors missing players

Guayaquil Independiente Juniors
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 3 14 29
11 4 2 Won W 1 3 9
3 3 0 Drew D 2 5 7
15 7 2 Lost L 0 6 13
32 11 3 Scored S 5 15 37
44 15 3 Conceded C 2 20 39
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 90%
76% 57% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 79% 76%
48% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 52%
24% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 31%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 14%
52% 43% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 52%
14% 21% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 24%
41% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 34%
 
3.6 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.2 5
5.6 4.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4 3.8
2.9 3.2 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.6
10 6 4 Red cards R C 1 5 11
 
9.6 9.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 10.6 10.4
4.3 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.4 4.1
26% 16% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 24% 31%
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Guayaquil have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Primera B
  • Guayaquil have the fewest points (15) at home in Primera B
  • Guayaquil have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in Primera B
  • Guayaquil have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Primera B
  • Guayaquil is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Independiente Juniors have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Primera B

  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 29 17 7 5 37 23 14 9 5 0 20 8 15 8 2 5 17 15 14 58
2 El Nacional 29 15 6 8 39 25 15 12 2 1 28 8 14 3 4 7 11 17 14 51
3 Gualaceo 29 13 8 8 37 24 14 9 4 1 20 4 15 4 4 7 17 20 13 47
4 Chacaritas 29 9 11 9 25 27 15 8 3 4 18 13 14 1 8 5 7 14 -2 38
5 América de Quito 29 8 13 8 28 25 14 4 8 2 17 14 15 4 5 6 11 11 3 37
6 Guayaquil 29 11 3 15 32 44 14 4 3 7 11 15 15 7 0 8 21 29 -12 36
7 Independiente Juniors 29 9 7 13 37 39 15 6 2 7 22 19 14 3 5 6 15 20 -2 34
8 LDU Portoviejo 29 8 8 13 34 40 15 6 4 5 21 17 14 2 4 8 13 23 -6 32
9 Puerto Quito 29 8 8 13 27 36 14 6 4 4 17 15 15 2 4 9 10 21 -9 32
10 Duros del Balón 29 9 5 15 36 49 15 7 3 5 24 21 14 2 2 10 12 28 -13 32

Read more about Primera B

The Primera Categoria Serie B, often shortened to Serie B or Primera B, is the second-highest level of football in Ecuador. Like Serie A the competition format often changes every year. Currently it holds ten teams and the season runs from February to December in two stages.