Independiente del Valle vs Emelec

Independiente del Valle face Emelec in the Liga Pro on Monday 20 July 2026, kick-off 00:15 UTC at Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito.

Independiente del Valle are 1st with 74 points from 30 games, while Emelec are 10th with 39. That leaves Independiente del Valle 35 points ahead.

At home this season Independiente del Valle average 2.2 goals scored and 0.9 conceded per game; on the road Emelec average 0.8 scored and 1.4 conceded. Independiente del Valle have kept 13 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times; Emelec have 11 clean sheets and 13 blanks.

Independiente del Valle have scored 11 and conceded 2 in their last 5 matches, with 2 going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 1. Emelec have scored 6 and conceded 7 in their last 5 matches, with 2 going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 2.

Independiente del Valle come into this fixture with a recent record of 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats, while Emelec have 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats in the same window. Independiente del Valle currently sit 1st on 74 points, with Emelec placed 10th on 39 points. Across the last 4 head-to-head meetings, 9 goals have been scored and both teams found the net in 2 of them. Combining the home win and the draw, the 1X selection covers the two most likely outcomes for Independiente del Valle. The Double Chance selection (1X) is assigned a 89% probability at odds of 1.12.

• Independiente del Valle have the better recent form (13 pts vs 6 pts from the last 5 matches).
• Independiente del Valle have scored 81 goals this season compared with 32 for Emelec.
• Defensively, Independiente del Valle have conceded 37 and Emelec have conceded 43.
• League positions: Independiente del Valle 1st, Emelec 10th.
• Independiente del Valle have won 11 of 15 home matches in this competition.
• Emelec have won 2 of 15 away matches in this competition.

• Independiente del Valle at home: 13 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 18 games.
• Emelec away from home: 4 wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats from 18 games.
• Independiente del Valle have taken 13 points from their last 5 matches.
• Emelec have taken 6 points from their last 5 matches.

In the last 4 meetings, Independiente del Valle have won 2, Emelec have won 2 and 0 ended level. The most recent, on 20 March 2026, finished Emelec 2-0 Independiente del Valle.