The field of the Isidro Romero Monumental Stadium witnessed the match between Barcelona vs Guayaquil City for round 14 of the Ecuadorian Serie A, this Friday, May 18. The visiting team won 0-2.
Pablo Mancilla opened the scoring in the 23rd minute of the first half, and Argentine Michael Hoyos sealed the match around the 70th minute, in the second half.
With this defeat, Barcelona remains in second place with 29 points. If LDU de Quito wins this Sunday away to El Nacional, they will extend their lead in the championship to 5 points.
With the victory, Guayaquil City escapes from the bottom of the table and climbs to antepenultimate position with 11 points.
Barcelona vs Guayaquil City | incidents
90 min End of the match.
69 min Goal for Guayaquil City, goal for Hoyos.
62 min Ohhhhh, another dangerous opportunity for Barcelona, who can't find the key to goal.
53 min Shot from the Barcelona player goes wide. Barcelona has come out all guns blazing in search of the equalizer.
45 min Second half begins.
HALFTIME
45 min End of the first half. Barcelona is losing 0-1 at halftime.
38 min This result favors LDU, who could extend their lead at the top.
32 min Ohhhh, a tremendous shot from Castillo that nearly went into Guayaquil City's goal.
23 min Goal for Guayaquil City, surprise goal. Goal for Mancilla, great counterattack by the visitors.
21 min Guayaquil City tries to attack but lacks depth. The home defense is well organized.
14 min Ohhhhh, another clear chance for Barcelona, but Castillo couldn't finish properly.
11 min Ohhhh, the goal missed by the Barcelona player, almost on the goal line. Unbelievable.
4 min Guayaquil City threatens Barcelona's goal with a free kick.
0 min The match begins.
Barcelona vs Guayaquil City | lineups
Barcelona SC: M. Banguera, M. Pineida, P. Velasco, L. Caicedo, X. Arreaga, D. Díaz, V. Ayala, Gabriel Marques, J. Betancourt, E. Castillo, M. Caicedo.
Guayaquil City: G. Valle, E. Caicedo, J. Quiñónez, F. Caicedo, M. Hoyos, P. Mancilla, A. Naula, S. Portocarrero, W. Vargas, J. Hurtado, D. Dorregaray.
Barcelona vs Guayaquil City | Preview
Guayaquil City will visit Barcelona SC with the aim of climbing out of the bottom positions in the Ecuadorian Serie A table. The home team needs to win to continue putting pressure on the current leader, LDU Quito.
In the previous round, Barcelona SC secured a narrow 1-0 victory over Deportivo Cuenca playing away from home. This victory allowed them to reach 29 points, keeping them in second place, just two points behind LDU Quito who sit at the top with 31 points.
On the other hand, Guayaquil City finds themselves in a completely different situation, sitting in second-to-last place in 11th position with 8 points, just above bottom-placed Deportivo Cuenca who have 7 points. In the previous round, matchday 13, they lost 2-1 against U. Católica as the away team.