Soccer betting preview: Vargas Torres welcomes Manta in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Ecuador Primera B
Competition: Wed 22.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio 7 de Octubre (5000 seats)

A new Primera B campaign is ready to unfold and this is the first real fixture for Vargas Torres and Manta. Let's get started!

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Vargas Torres form and stats

There will be little rest for Vargas after this match as they are travelling to America de Quito for a Primera B game in only three days.

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Manta form and stats

Let's have a look at how Manta performed last season in the Primera B: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 12 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded {39 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 8 and lost 8 with 8/19 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Manta in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Manta, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Manta are hosting Guayaquil in the Primera B only three days away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

MantaÁ. Ledesma Félix
Á. Ledesma Félix
4 goals
MantaJ. Rodríguez Bolaños
J. Rodríguez Bolaños
1 goals

Vargas Torres missing players

Manta missing players

Vargas Torres Manta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Vargas Torres Last season Manta
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
11 6   Played P   18 36
4 4   Won W   2 10
5 2   Drew D   8 12
2 0   Lost L   8 14
11 8   Scored S   8 29
5 0   Conceded C   19 39
64% 67%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   72% 83%
45% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 58%
27% 17%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   22% 33%
9% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   6% 11%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
18% 0%   BTTS BTTS   28% 39%
73% 100%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 28%
45% 33%   Failed to Score F T   67% 50%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   3 4
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.9
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 3.3
0 0   Red cards R C   6 7
 
0 0   Shots (avg) S (   6.5 8.7
0 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.9 3.1
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 26%
 
0 0   Shots against (avg) S A   9.4 8.8
0 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 America de Quito 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Manta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Macara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Independiente Juniors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chacaritas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 9 de Octubre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Guayaquil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Vargas Torres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Imbabura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Cuniburo 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 36 18 9 9 54 37 18 12 4 2 33 13 18 6 5 7 21 24 17 63
2 Independiente Juniors 36 15 11 10 44 33 18 8 8 2 22 12 18 7 3 8 22 21 11 56
3 Libertad 36 15 11 10 42 38 18 8 7 3 23 17 18 7 4 7 19 21 4 56
4 America de Quito 36 13 15 8 41 31 18 7 9 2 21 12 18 6 6 6 20 19 10 54
5 Imbabura 36 13 8 15 47 51 18 9 4 5 23 19 18 4 4 10 24 32 -4 47
6 Chacaritas 36 11 10 15 30 38 18 10 2 6 18 12 18 1 8 9 12 26 -8 43
7 Guayaquil 36 9 15 12 33 38 18 5 9 4 20 18 18 4 6 8 13 20 -5 42
8 Manta 36 10 12 14 29 39 18 8 4 6 21 20 18 2 8 8 8 19 -10 42
9 Puerto Quito 36 9 12 15 31 36 18 9 5 4 24 13 18 0 7 11 7 23 -5 39
10 Olmedo 36 10 11 15 33 43 18 7 5 6 20 23 18 3 6 9 13 20 -10 38

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.