About Match
On paper the standings are lopsided — Independiente del Valle 1st with 58 points, LDU Quito 6th with 35, 23 apart. LDU Quito would climb to 38 points with a win and up to 3rd (other results held equal).
Independiente del Valle enter with nine wins in a row, having scored in 13 consecutive games. Over the last five, LDU Quito have taken 7 of 15 points to Independiente del Valle's 15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 3 LDU Quito wins, 1 for Independiente del Valle, 5 draws, at 2.11 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. These meetings skew tight — only 33% saw more than two goals.