Imbabura vs Chacaritas match preview: Even contest expected at Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra

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Competition: Ecuador Primera B
Competition: Wed 21.September
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra (17260 seats)

Primera B: The average league table placements tell a story of the journey Imbabura and Chacaritas have taken uptil now. Both squads are up for it; let's bake this cake!

Insights:
  • Imbabura have the most scored goals (40) in Primera B
  • Chacaritas have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Primera B

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Imbabura form and stats

Imbabura have played 14 Primera B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). Imbabura has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Lalama and the players.

The supporters are hoping that Imbabura will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the match against El Nacional (placed 1st). As you see from the result above, Imbabura suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Preceding that match was the home game against Independiente Juniors that was lost 1-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Imbabura perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Imbabura as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Imbabura has won 3 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2.

Goal party? Who knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league games with this side has seen at least three goals.

Imbabura are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. Imbabura have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Chacaritas form and stats

Chacaritas have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Primera B, after 1-7-5 (13 played).

Mejia was the last player to score for the away team. Chacaritas haven't scored a league goal in the last 246 minutes.

Chacaritas are travelling again after losing away to Libertad in their previous match (0-1). That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Manta.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Chacaritas in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Chacaritas, 9 draws and 6 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 19 of this side's last 21 league rounds have had two or less goals.

A new game in only four days for Chacaritas, the Primera B home match versus America de Quito. Busy days.

The attacking power of Chacaritas when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. 18 goals have been conceded by Chacaritas in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head meeting ended Chacaritas - Imbabura 1-0, played this season. (Imbabura) was given a red card by the ref when these teams last played each other. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Imbabura victories, zero draws and three Chacaritas wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

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Imbabura Chacaritas
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 2 Played P 2 13 27
10 6 1 Won W 0 1 10
6 3 0 Drew D 0 7 9
11 5 1 Lost L 2 5 8
40 17 3 Scored S 1 10 24
40 16 3 Conceded C 6 18 25
89% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 85%
74% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 52%
63% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 23% 19%
37% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 23% 15%
19% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 8% 7%
59% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 33%
19% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 44%
33% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 37%
 
4.5 4.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 4.7
4.1 3.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4.2
3.1 2.7 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3 2.9
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.8 12.7 17 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.6 10.3
5.1 4.9 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.6 4.3
29% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 21% 21%
 
11.9 12.1 21 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 7.8 8.4
3.9 3.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 3.5 3.5
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Chacaritas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chacaritas have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Primera B
  • Chacaritas have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Primera B
  • Chacaritas have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Primera B
  • Chacaritas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Imbabura have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Primera B
  • Imbabura have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Primera B
  • Imbabura have the most conceded goals (40) in Primera B
  • Imbabura have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Primera B
  • Imbabura have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Primera B
  • Imbabura have the most scored goals (40) 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 El Nacional 27 13 6 8 37 27 14 9 3 2 23 9 13 4 3 6 14 18 10 45
2 Independiente Juniors 27 12 7 8 33 25 13 6 6 1 14 7 14 6 1 7 19 18 8 43
3 America de Quito 27 11 8 8 32 25 13 6 5 2 18 10 14 5 3 6 14 15 7 41
4 Libertad 26 11 7 8 31 29 13 6 4 3 17 14 13 5 3 5 14 15 2 40
5 Chacaritas 27 10 9 8 24 25 14 9 2 3 14 7 13 1 7 5 10 18 -1 39
6 Imbabura 27 10 6 11 40 40 14 6 3 5 17 16 13 4 3 6 23 24 0 36
7 Guayaquil 27 9 9 9 28 28 13 5 5 3 17 14 14 4 4 6 11 14 0 36
8 Olmedo 28 6 11 11 24 34 15 4 5 6 15 21 13 2 6 5 9 13 -10 29
9 Puerto Quito 27 6 10 11 22 25 13 6 4 3 17 9 14 0 6 8 5 16 -3 28
10 Manta 27 6 9 12 18 31 13 4 4 5 13 17 14 2 5 7 5 14 -13 27

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.