El Nacional travel to Libertad and Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne loaded with hope and confidence, but the hosting team is no pushover. More news on the game here!
- Libertad have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Primera B
- El Nacional is in the best form (4-1-1) in Primera B
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Ecuador. That game, against Bonita Banana, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for El Nacional.
Libertad form and stats
Libertad have collected 9 points from their Primera B home games so far after 2-3-2. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Libertad.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 279 minutes without scoring a league goal. Espínola was the last player to find the net. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 298 minutes.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Libertad, who played 0-0 against Guayaquil. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne). It's a bit odd, but the exact score line 0-0 has repeated itself three times in a row.
0-0 away at Puerto Quito before that.Some goal stats: A review of the 11 latest league matches shows that 9 of them had goals from both sides.
The Libertad fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Libertad's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
El Nacional form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for El Nacional so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. El Nacional goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 314 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Bonita Banana in their previous outing. The Copa Ecuador battle ended 1-1.
Before that, Nacional secured a home win against Puerto Quito with the score 2-0.El Nacional have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
El Nacional - Libertad 3-0 was the output when these two teams previously met, also in this season. One of the stars has been Gómez with 2 goals scored against Libertad in these 1 games.Libertad missing players
El Nacional missing players
| Libertad | El Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 80% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 60% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 73% |
| 47% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 40% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 13% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 27% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 47% |
| 47% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 47% |
| 47% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.7 | 5.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.7 | 10.9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.1 | 13.1 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 30% | 29% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 32% |
| 9 | 9.1 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 9.4 | 8.9 |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
- El Nacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 (14) in Primera B
- El Nacional is in the best form (4-1-1) in Primera B
- Libertad have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Primera B
- Libertad have the most scored goals in the second half (15) 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 | Chacaritas | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 2 | América de Quito | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | El Nacional | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Libertad | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 22 |
| 5 | Imbabura | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Olmedo | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Guayaquil | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Independiente Juniors | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Puerto Quito | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 11 |
| 10 | Manta | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 11 |
