This will be a Shipyard Classic for survival: Barcelona SC need a win to continue their fight for the top spot in the national championship, held by Independiente del Valle; and Emelec urgently wants to leave the last positions in the ranking with a victory.

Barcelona fans are second with 23 points, and Emelec is third with 10 points.

Canaries, thrashing

Last Sunday, the Toreadors were defeated 4-1 at the Atahualpa Olympic Stadium and remained in second place in the first phase of the championship with 23 units, losing the opportunity to reduce the gap and put pressure on Independiente del Valle (has 28 units), who were defeated that day (2- 3) from the Liga de Quito.

Independiente will play Aucas on Friday (17:00) and a failure would allow the Canaries to close the points gap if they come out unscathed at home against Bombillo.

Electric, in crisis

They are on the table with 10 points, with a -3 goal difference: it is precisely because of this negative statistic that they maintain their distance from the penultimate Libertad (10, -4). The bottom is Mushuc Run (9, -12). Their last league win was on March 19 (75 days without a win in the Pro League). (D)