Balanced ball game between Manta and Puerto Quito expected

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Competition: Ecuador Primera B
Competition: Thu 26.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jocay (15000 seats)

Crucial shoot-out in the lower section of the Primera B, with both Manta and Puerto Quito undergoing more anxiety than pleasure. This fixture is a real "six-pointer" with the team playing at home placed 10th and the guests in 9th position.

Insights:
  • Manta have the fewest scored goals (4) in Primera B
  • Puerto Quito have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Primera B

Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their last game. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face fixture!

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Manta form and stats

Overall Primera B stats at home this season for Manta are 0-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Manta haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 227 minutes ago. Cuero scored that one.

Manta faced defeat in their previous match, away at Guayaquil (0-2).

Heartbreak before that as Manta lost 0-1 at America de Quito's place.

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 Manta have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 6 and lost 2.

The lack of attacking qualities in Manta means that they have only scored 2 goals in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.

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Puerto Quito form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Puerto Quito so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Puerto Quito has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Puerto Quito go into this game after a win, the home game against Imbabura that ended 1-0.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Independiente Juniors wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Goals are few and far between in Puerto's away league games. Only 1 goal from 6 travels.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Puerto Quito - Manta 2-0. Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: Manta won five, Puerto Quito triumphed in three and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Manta missing players

Puerto Quito missing players

Manta Puerto Quito
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 6 11
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
7 3 1 Lost L 0 4 6
4 2 0 Scored S 1 1 6
15 8 3 Conceded C 1 6 10
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
64% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 33% 45%
18% 20% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 9%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
27% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 17% 27%
9% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 27%
73% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 83% 55%
 
3.1 3.8 1 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 4
4.1 3.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.3 3.2
2.6 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
7.2 10.2 6 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.3 7.8
2.2 3 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.7 2.6
17% 13% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 10% 21%
 
9.2 9.8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 14 11.7 9.9
4.2 4.8 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 4.2 3.6
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Manta have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Manta have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Manta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manta have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Primera B
  • Manta have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Primera B
  • Manta have the fewest points (2) at home in Primera B
  • Manta have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Primera B
  • Manta have the fewest scored goals (4) in Primera B
  • Manta have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Primera B
  • Manta have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Primera B
  • Manta have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Primera B
  • Manta have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Manta have yet to win a game at home.
  • Manta haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Puerto Quito have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Puerto Quito have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Primera B
  • Puerto Quito have yet to win a game away.

  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 11 6 2 3 13 13 6 6 0 0 10 3 5 0 2 3 3 10 0 20
2 America de Quito 11 5 4 2 17 8 5 3 2 0 8 1 6 2 2 2 9 7 9 19
3 Olmedo 11 5 3 3 11 10 6 3 1 2 7 7 5 2 2 1 4 3 1 18
4 Imbabura 11 5 2 4 18 14 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 3 0 2 12 9 4 17
5 Independiente Juniors 11 5 2 4 8 6 6 3 2 1 3 1 5 2 0 3 5 5 2 17
6 Guayaquil 12 5 2 5 13 13 6 3 1 2 9 7 6 2 1 3 4 6 0 17
7 El Nacional 12 4 4 4 17 16 6 4 1 1 11 6 6 0 3 3 6 10 1 16
8 Libertad 11 5 1 5 16 18 5 2 1 2 10 10 6 3 0 3 6 8 -2 16
9 Puerto Quito 11 2 3 6 6 10 5 2 1 2 5 4 6 0 2 4 1 6 -4 9
10 Manta 11 1 3 7 4 15 5 0 2 3 2 8 6 1 1 4 2 7 -11 6

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.