Match preview: Macará likely to defeat Cuniburo at Estadio Bellavista de Ambato

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Competition: Ecuador Primera B
Competition: Wed 16.Aug
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Bellavista de Ambato (20000 seats)

The standings reveals that 13 points separate the pair of contenders in this Primera B fixture. Macará carry both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Macará have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Primera B
  • Cuniburo have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in Primera B

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 Macará and Cuniburo.

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Macará form and stats

Macará have performed here at Estadio Bellavista de Ambato this season with 8 wins from 12 Primera B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. Two home wins in a row for Macará bring valid hopes of a third.

Macará's last game was hosting Cuniburo (placed 6th) and winning 1-0.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with 9 de Octubre the opponent.

Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 11 league matches, 9 have produced zero, one or two goals.

Macará are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 games. Defensively Macará have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 12 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cuniburo form and stats

There's been little loot from Cuniburo's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Primera B. Cuniburo only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Cuniburo, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Macará (placed 1st). That loss was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Vargas Torres.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 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, Cuniburo have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also played each other previously this match year: Cuniburo - Macará 2-3. Ushiña (Cuniburo) and Cano (Cuniburo) were sent off when these sides met previously this season. Will it be as hostile this time? Macará-Cuniburo H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Macará one win, Cuniburo zero wins, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two duels.

Macará missing players

Cuniburo missing players

Macará Cuniburo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 3 Played P 3 12 24
13 9 3 Won W 0 2 7
8 3 0 Drew D 0 5 10
4 1 0 Lost L 3 5 7
31 16 5 Scored S 0 9 27
18 4 1 Conceded C 6 13 24
84% 77% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 83%
68% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 58% 67%
28% 15% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 33%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 21%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
44% 15% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 42% 46%
48% 77% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 33%
24% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 58% 38%
 
4.9 5.5 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 2.7 3.5
3.6 3 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 2.8 3.7
3 3.2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.8
3 3 1 Red cards R C 2 4 7
 
12 14.7 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.9 8.2
4.4 5.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 3.7
28% 23% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 31%
 
7.5 7.2 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 11.1 11.5
2.7 2.2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5 4.7
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Cuniburo have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in Primera B
  • Cuniburo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Macará have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Macará have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Primera B
  • Macará have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Primera B
  • Macará have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Primera B
  • Macará have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Primera B
  • Macará have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Primera B
  • Macará have the the best goal difference (+12) 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 Macará 24 12 8 4 30 18 12 8 3 1 15 4 12 4 5 3 15 14 12 44
2 Manta 25 11 6 8 27 22 13 9 3 1 18 5 12 2 3 7 9 17 5 39
3 Imbabura 24 10 8 6 37 28 11 5 4 2 14 9 13 5 4 4 23 19 9 38
4 Independiente Juniors 24 8 9 7 22 26 12 8 4 0 16 5 12 0 5 7 6 21 -4 33
5 Vargas Torres 25 7 11 7 18 19 12 6 5 1 14 5 13 1 6 6 4 14 -1 32
6 Cuniburo 23 7 10 6 27 23 12 5 5 2 18 11 11 2 5 4 9 12 4 31
7 9 de Octubre 24 7 7 10 35 34 13 7 4 2 29 15 11 0 3 8 6 19 1 28
8 Guayaquil 24 4 13 7 22 27 11 4 4 3 11 12 13 0 9 4 11 15 -5 25
9 Chacaritas 23 6 6 11 26 32 12 2 5 5 16 19 11 4 1 6 10 13 -6 24
10 América de Quito 24 5 8 11 28 43 12 3 6 3 17 19 12 2 2 8 11 24 -15 23

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.