About Match
El Nacional go into the game 6th in the table on 13 points; 22 de Julio sit 5th on 16 — a 3-point gap. On recent form 22 de Julio sit only 24th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Per game in the league, El Nacional score 0.67 and conceding 1.5, 22 de Julio 0.42 and 1.42, against a competition average of 0.93 goals per team per game. A win would lift El Nacional to 16 points, overtaking 22 de Julio (other results unchanged).
Defeat has followed defeat for 22 de Julio — six in succession. The last-five ledger: El Nacional 7/15, 22 de Julio 0/15.
The match takes place at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa (capacity 8,000).