Guayaquil City 2:2 Libertad Asunción: Liga Pro Match Result

Match report

Guayaquil City drew 2-2 with Libertad Asunción in the Lliga Pro regular season, round 25, on Friday evening at Estadio Cristóbal Benítez Betancourt. The hosts took the lead through Dany Coronel before Vilington Branda equalised from the penalty spot. Edinson Mero then scored twice for Guayaquil City, but Libertad took enough points away to remain seventh.

Coronel opened the scoring in the eighteenth minute, working the ball into the net after a period of sustained pressure. Branda did not wait long to respond, converting a penalty in the twenty-fourth minute to level matters. The visitors had a chance to take the lead themselves when Edinson Mero was awarded a spot-kick, but the VAR decision cancelled it in the forty-second minute — a moment that shifted the momentum back toward the hosts.

Mero redeemed himself shortly after the interval, finding the net in the sixty-second minute to put Guayaquil City ahead again. His second came in the seventy-eighth minute, and it looked like a winner until Libertad held their nerve to salvage a point. The visitors had little possession — 34 per cent — but they were second to nothing in the box, making their defensive clearances count.

Statistics told a familiar story of control without dominance. Guayaquil City registered 157 attacks and six hundred and eight passes, while Libertad managed forty-four attacks and three hundred passes. The hosts created two big chances and kept the ball better, but the visitors' goalkeeper made six saves and their defenders won twenty-seven clearances. Shots accuracy sat at 62 per cent for the hosts against 42 per cent for the visitors — not the sort of numbers that guarantee a result.

Guayaquil City remain tenth on twenty-nine points from twenty-nine games, while Libertad move up to seventh with forty-one points. Both sides have been inconsistent of late — the hosts drew two of their last five, while the visitors won three and lost one. This draw ends neither team's run, but it keeps the gap between them in the table at twelve points.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 66 – 34

Shots on target 8 – 5

Shots off target 3 – 5

Big chances 2 – 1

⚽ 18' Dany Coronel — Goal ⚽ 24' Vilington Branda — Penalty 42' Edinson Mero — var_penalty_cancelled ⇄ 60' Kevin Sambonino — Substitution 🟨 61' Xavier Pineda — Yellow card 🟨 61' Dany Coronel — Yellow card ⚽ 62' Edinson Mero — Goal ⇄ 63' Dany Coronel — Substitution ⇄ 68' Antony Chére — Substitution ⇄ 68' Esnaider Cabezas — Substitution ⇄ 69' Cristhian Valencia — Substitution ⚽ 78' Edinson Mero — Goal ⇄ 79' Vilington Branda — Substitution ⇄ 79' Jackson Rodríguez — Substitution 🟨 83' Dixon Arroyo — Yellow card ⇄ 87' Pablo González — Substitution ⇄ 87' Dixon Arroyo — Substitution ⇄ 88' Roger Arias — Substitution ⇄ 88' R. Arias — Substitution

Match events

18' 0:1 Libertad Asunción Goal Dany Coronel assist: Jackson Rodríguez
24' 0:2 Libertad Asunción Penalty Vilington Branda
42' 0:2 Guayaquil City var_penalty_cancelled Edinson Mero
60' 0:2 Guayaquil City Substitution Kevin Sambonino off: Pablo Mancilla
61' 0:2 Libertad Asunción Yellow card Xavier Pineda
61' 0:2 Libertad Asunción Yellow card Dany Coronel
62' 1:2 Guayaquil City Goal Edinson Mero assist: Miller Bolaños
63' 1:2 Libertad Asunción Substitution Dany Coronel off: Hancel Batalla
68' 1:2 Libertad Asunción Substitution Antony Chére off: Enrique Caicedo
68' 1:2 Guayaquil City Substitution Esnaider Cabezas off: Joshue Quinonez
69' 1:2 Libertad Asunción Substitution Cristhian Valencia off: Jostin Bravo
78' 2:2 Guayaquil City Goal Edinson Mero assist: Miller Bolaños
79' 2:2 Libertad Asunción Substitution Vilington Branda off: Stick Castro
79' 2:2 Libertad Asunción Substitution Jackson Rodríguez off: Yerman Quinonez
83' 2:2 Guayaquil City Yellow card Dixon Arroyo
87' 2:2 Guayaquil City Substitution Pablo González off: Diego Dorregaray
87' 2:2 Guayaquil City Substitution Dixon Arroyo off: Santiago Laurino
88' 2:2 Guayaquil City Substitution Roger Arias off: Jonathan Miller Ordóñez Cruz
88' 2:2 Guayaquil City Substitution R. Arias off: J. Ordonez

Statistics

66 Possession, % 34

8 Shots on target 5

3 Shots off target 5

2 Big chances 1

157 Attacks 44

1 Corners 3

8 Fouls 14

12 Free kicks 7

1 Offsides 2

1 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

5 Goal kicks 9

14 Throw-ins 7

All statistics

7/1450% Aerial duels 7/1450%

93 Backward passes 33

2 Blocked shots 2

17 Clearances 27

5/2223% Crosses 3/1520%

8/1362% Dribbles 1/425%

63 Failed passes 56

3 Goalkeeper saves 6

3 Interceptions 10

10 Key passes 6

33/4377% Long passes 16/4337%

132 Passes into the final third 83

399 Passes in the opposition half 194

231 Passes in own half 121

0.62 Shot accuracy 0.42

4 Shots from outside the box 7

9 Shots inside the box 5

4/757% Tackles 9/1656%

608 Total passes 300

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