About Match
On the table this is a mismatch: Independiente del Valle (1st, 46 pts) hold a 22-point advantage over Emelec (9th, 24 pts). Emelec have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 9th overall. A win would lift Emelec to 27 points and up to 8th (other results unchanged).
Independiente del Valle arrive on a run of five straight wins, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Emelec are unbeaten in 6. Over the last five, Independiente del Valle have taken 15 of 15 points to Emelec's 9.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Independiente del Valle, 2 draws and 4 for Emelec, at 1.89 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.