EL Nacional – Guayaquil City Prediction & Picks (25.03.2018)

The National and Guayaquil City FC face in Atahualpa Olympic Stadium, in a match for the 6 th round of the First A. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 4 wins and 1 draw in the last 5 games. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 11-11-2017, in a game for the First A that ended with the victory of El Nacional by (1-0). The only goal of the match was scored by P. Mancilla (77 ‘Autogolo). In this match the home factor may be decisive, since El Nacional presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

El Nacional:

The home team is currently in the 10 th position of the league, with 3 points won, after 1 win and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Macará, by (1-2). In the last match, they lost out to Barcelona by (5-1). 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 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses in away matches; against 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses at their stadium. In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, El Nacional won 7, tied 1 and lost 2. Defensive consistency has not been their best, as they have conceded at least one goal in each of the last 5 matches. But their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 4 of the last 5 matches for this competition.

In the field the football presented by El Nacional is not good and that is reflected in its position in the table, so obviously, inside the house you can not lose points if you want to improve your campaign. Up to now the team has not managed to improve, but it knows that it has conditions to be regular and to do something of positive, reason why it hopes to be able to have a satisfactory sequence in its results, reason why in this game it is essential to win. For this game coach Eduardo Favaro can not count on Edder Fuertes and Miguel Parrales, who are in the medical department.

Guayaquil City:

The away team is currently in the 11 th position of the league, with 2 points won, after 2 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against Independiente del Valle, by (1-1). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Delfin, by (0-1). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 2 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses in away matches, with 11 goals scored and 25 conceded; against 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses at their stadium, with 9 goals scored and 18 conceded. In the last 10 away matches for all competitions, Guayaquil City FC won 2, drew 2 and lost 6.

For this competition, they have not won any of the last 5 games. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 4 of the last 5 matches for this competition, so he was not very strong defensively.

A new Ecuadorian championship is being disputed and it seems that the only change that occurred in Guayaquil City was a change of name in recent times, because within the field the situation is still unpleasant. That being the case, you will need to evolve a lot and correct errors, otherwise you will run serious risks of falling from division. That said, he hopes to get a good result in this round, but since he will play away from his domains he will need to have an above-average performance. For this match, the coach, Pool Gavilánez, must bring to the field what he has of the best available.