National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Independiente del Valle or Aucas that keep their silverware dream alive.
Independiente del Valle form and stats
Independiente del Valle's previous fixture was a Copa Ecuador game also played at their home, ending 3-1 versus 9 de Octubre. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
A home victory before that, as predicted. The team were big favourites against 9 de Octubre and won 3-1.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Independiente del Valle, who have participated in two training matches. Independiente del Valle have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.
Aucas form and stats
Aucas's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Barcelona that finished 0-0.
Preceding that game was the away Liga Pro victory against Barcelona with the score of 1-0.Just as the home team, Aucas have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Aucas wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Independiente won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Aucas have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Independiente del Valle missing players
Aucas missing players
| Independiente del Valle | Aucas | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Scored | S | 20 | 43 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10.2 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 10 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 39% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 41% | ||
| 7.8 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
