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Emelec - Independiente Petrolero 1h -2 @1.50
Emelec will receive Petrolero in a match corresponding to the sixth date of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores. For Group A of the South American continental competition, El Bombillo will seek to win to dream of qualifying, while the Bolivians will try to close the tournament in a good way.
The Ecuadorian team led by the Spanish Ismael Rescalvo arrives at this match after losing 1-0 to Palmeiras with Danilo's solitary goal. In the highest tournament in the region, the Blues are third with 5 points. As for the local championship, they come from losing 1-0 to Universidad Católica de Ecuador and are sixth with 22 units. For its part, Independiente Petrolero comes to this duel after being beaten 3-0 by Deportivo Tqchira with goals from Robert Hernqndez -on two occasions- and Renny Sinisterra. In the continental competition, they are last in Group A with 1 point. Regarding the domestic league, those commanded by the Argentine Marcelo Robledo equaled 0-0 with Royal Pari and are penultimate in their area with 18 units.
Emelec: Pedro Ortiz; Romario Caicedo, Joel Quintero, Eddie Guevara, Jackson Rodriguez; Edgar Lastre, Sebastian Rodríguez, Dixon Arroyo, Alexis Zapata, Bryan Carabali, Alexander.
Independent: Hugo Ayala; Juan Pablo Rioja,
Francisco Silva, Martín Chiatti – Nixon Folleco, Víctor Melgar, Mijail Aviles, Robin Ramirez; Jhasmani Campos; Leonel Buter and Jose Erik Correa.
Match that we hope Emelec wins by more than two goals, in search of qualification and expect defeat for Tachira.