Imbabura vs El Nacional betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Pro match on September 28th, 2024

Imbabura and El Nacional will meet each other in a football match counting for Liga Pro on September 28th, 2024, Saturday at 17:00h (UTC), in Ecuador, check the Imbabura vs El Nacional betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Imbabura vs El Nacional will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra stadium, in the city of Ibarra, with a capacity for 16000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

At Betarena, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Imbabura vs El Nacional betting tip 2024

Despite the season change, the Liga Pro has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.48 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.47 goals per game of the last championship.

Imbabura last match

Imbabura comes from a loss in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Macará, in a match valid for Liga Pro, and the match ended 2-0. Coach M. Wainer's team lined up with this formation: 4-2-3-1.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 1.95, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

El Nacional last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Pro, El Nacional, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the LDU Quito team with a final score of 1-1.

The other team was the big favorite for this match, therefore the draw (odd 4.33) ended up being a good result.

Imbabura vs El Nacional h2h

Imbabura occupied 10th place when they went against El Nacional, who was in 12th place, in their last match at Liga Pro. Imbabura first went in with a 4-1-4-1 formation, which was engaged by El Nacional with a 4-4-2 deployment.

The last time these teams met was for a Liga Pro match, on 14-04-2024, referring to the 2024 season, which ended with a 2-0 win for El Nacional.

The performance of the El Nacional team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Imbabura team.

Imbabura

Liga Pro leaderboard now

However, Imbabura enters this game with 13 points and ranking in 14th place in the Liga Pro, the team has a negative balance of 8 lost games, won 3, and drawing in 4.

In the 8th round, Cumbaya, that is in the 13th place, has a small advantage of 1 point.

Imbabura analysis

At the end of round 7 in Liga Pro, Imbabura scored 17 goals and conceded 29 goals.

The Imbabura team comes from a defeat in the Liga Pro, and its coach Galo Rodríguez wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Recent results have shown that Imbabura is struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they have failed to score. This may indicate that they need to work on creating better chances and improving their attacking efficiency.

Imbabura is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 49.6%. In the next match against El Nacional a change of attitude on the field will be needed, Imbabura will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

Best goalscorer from Imbabura

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Erik David Mendoza Zambrano. He has already scored 9 times this season and has helped Imbabura come away with the positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 4 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

El Nacional

Liga Pro leaderboard now

El Nacional arrives in this game with 21 points, and in 7th place in the Liga Pro, having won 8 games in total and lost 7 times, making a total of 0 draws.

Which means that in the 8th round, the team has, over Mushuc Runa team who is in the position 8, 3 points in advantage.

El Nacional analysis

El Nacional shows a very satisfactory ratio of goals scored to goals conceded. The team after 7 games has only conceded goals on 16 occasions, and has scored in 17.

With a sequence of 3 wins in the Liga Pro, El Nacional is in a wonderful moment where they are the favorite.

Best goalscorer from El Nacional

In this season, the individual highlight is Gabriel Cortez that has dominated the offensive side. The Midfielder has already scored 5 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that El Nacional achieved in several matches.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Imbabura is Erik David Mendoza Zambrano, who has already scored 9 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of El Nacional is Gabriel Cortez, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.

The market with less than 2.5 goals can also be a good alternative since El Nacional has an average of 1.13 goals per game when playing away from home. This option is an alternative considering that El Nacional often does not concede goals when playing away from home.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.85.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Good betting results could be obtained if one notes that there is an average of 4.5 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Imbabura has an average of 4.8 yellow cards per game over the 7 rounds, while El Nacional has an average of 4.8. In other words, these teams together are averaging 10.86 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Imbabura side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 5 times this season, very different from El Nacional who only saw the red card 3 times. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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