Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Independiente del Valle (1st, 68 pts) held a 23-point advantage over Universidad Católica (4th, 45 pts). Universidad Católica had been under-performing their position — 10th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Against a league average of 1.13 goals per team per game, Independiente del Valle ran at 2.39 scored and 1.07 conceded, Universidad Católica at 1.71 and 0.93.
Independiente del Valle came in having won 14 on the spin, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Independiente del Valle 15/15, Universidad Católica 8/15.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 5 for Independiente del Valle, 1 for Universidad Católica and 2 drawn, at 3.63 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 13% of meetings won. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 63% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 63%. Recent meetings have been cagier — 2.6 goals per game across the last five against 3.63 historically.
The match was played at Estadio Banco Guayaquil (capacity 12,000). The referee was G. González Cordero, with 31 matches in our database and 2.4 yellows per game on average. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Independiente del Valle: Ronald Briones (51'), Juan Riquelme Angulo Caiced (56') · Universidad Católica: M. Alonso (61'), Azarias Londoño (62')
Key stats
Possession: Independiente del Valle 50% · Universidad Católica 50% · Total shots: 15-18 · On target: 3-8 · Corners: 5-3