Aucas – LDU Quito Prediction & Picks (23.06.2018)

Aucas and LDU Quito meet at the Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Stadium, in a match for the 19th round of the Primera A. In the last direct match for this edition of the league, on 11-03-2018, both teams tied (1- 1). The history of direct confrontations disputed in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 3 matches won 2 and tied 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 25-09- 2016, for the First A, the Aucas won by (1-0). E. Carcelén (40 ‘) scored the only goal of the game. Attention to the house factor, since the Aucas usually conquer different results at home and abroad.

Aucas:

After 4 wins, 9 draws and 5 losses, the home team is currently in the 8 th position, with 21 points won. In the last match, they lost in an away match against Macará by (0-1), after in the previous match they tied (1-1) away, in a match against Barcelona. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 16 goals scored and 17 conceded; against 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses at their stadium, with 25 goals scored and 9 conceded. For the championship, Aucas won 13 points out of 27 possible, after 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses in the last 9 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (4 out of 9 matches). Defensive consistency has not been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since 7 of the last 9 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 18 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 9 games in which he suffered the first goal.

So far Aucas has been strong in his campaign in the Ecuadorian championship and the minimum he expects is to stay where he is, so he wants positive results in his domains. It is clear that to achieve their goals throughout the season it is necessary to continue evolving, showing an improvement in the field and creating more difficulties for the opponents, as well the tendency to obtain markers in their favor will increase a lot. In this confrontation the difficulty will exist, because it will face an adversary that is going through a much better time than his and that fights for the title, so he knows that he will need to have enough determination if he wants to at least draw. For this duel the technician Luis Soler will have to take to the field what he has of better available.

LDU Quito:

The away team is currently in the 1 st position of the league, with 41 points won, after 13 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against Emelec, by (1-1). In the last match, they won in an away match against the Universidad Tecnico by (0-1). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses in away matches; against 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses at their stadium. For the league, LDU Quito won 18 points out of 27 possible points, after 6 wins and 3 losses in the last 9 matches they played as visitors. In the matches that he played as a visitor for the championship there is a score that is usually repeated at the end of the 90 ‘, the 0-1, which happened in 4 of his 9 games. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have always scored at least one goal in the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 4 of the last 9 matches for this competition have ended with Under 1,5 goals. This is a team that does not usually feel difficult to open the scoring: it marked the first goal in 15 of the last 18 matches for the First A, of these 15 reached the break in advantage in 8 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 13.

The campaign made by LDU so far is very good and has managed to stay in the leadership, being that it aims to beat as many games as possible to stay where it is. At least in theory he knows that he can make it happen and even away from his domain he is after something positive, since victory is what really interests him. As he will face a rival who is worse in the competition he ends up becoming the favorite and if he maintains the good performance of the past days he will be able to add the three points without major difficulties and get even closer to the conquest of the title. For this game coach Pablo Repetto will not be able to count on A. Ordonez, who will serve a suspension.