About Match
The table gap is wide: 16 points between Emelec (11th, 36 pts) and Manta (16th, 20 pts). Emelec have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. Per game in the league, Emelec score 0.86 and conceding 1.18, Manta 0.61 and 1.46, against a competition average of 1.12 goals per team per game. Three points here take Emelec to 39 and up to 8th, assuming other results stand.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Emelec have 3 wins to Manta's 0, with 2 draws, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. 60% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Estadio Banco del Pacífico stages the fixture, a ground that holds 3,000.