Ecuador vs Argentina: Ecuador eye a winning return when they meet Copa America champions, Argentina in their penultimate Qualifier match on Tuesday.
Match Details:
Teams: Ecuador vs Argentina
Venue: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Date: Wednesday 30th March, 2022
Time: 05:00 AM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
Ecuador head into this after a 3-1 loss to Paraguay in their previous clash on Friday.
Morales, Hincapie (og) and Almiron found the net for the Paraguay side before Ecuador pulled one back through Caicedo.
However, this wasn’t enough as Ecuador lost their 6th match of the campaign, yet they qualified for the 2022 WC.
Ecuador is in 3rd place with 25 points and set to finish within the top 4 as the other contending sides do not have enough points behind them.
On the other hand, Argentina stretched their unbeaten streak to 30 matches with a 3-0 win over Venezuela on Saturday.
Gonzalez, Di Maria and Messi scored for La Albiceleste as they continued their winning run and stay in 2nd place with 38 points.
Argentina is set to finish runners-up behind Brazil and will look to keep the winning run alive.
Both sides last met in the Copa America Quarter-final where Argentina won 3-0.
Form Guide
Ecuador: LDDDW
Argentina: WWWDW
FT Results
South American WCQ
Brazil 🇧🇷 4-0 Chile 🇨🇱
Uruguay 🇺🇾 1-0 Peru 🇵🇪
Colombia 🇨🇴 3-0 Bolivia 🇧🇴
Paraguay 🇵🇾 3-1 Ecuador 🇪🇨Uruguay and Ecuador both qualify for the 2022 World Cup!! 🇺🇾🇪🇨
Peru, Colombia and outsiders Chile will now fight it out for the Play Off spot
— International Football Fanpage (@Footie_Matters) March 25, 2022
Last Matches of both teams:
Paraguay 3-1 Ecuador
Argentina 3-0 Venezuela
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Ecuador vs Argentina in India?
The match will be live streamed on Sony LIV App, Jio TV; while the broadcast could be on the Sony Sports Network channels.
Back on the global stage 🇪🇨💪
After missing out in 2018, Ecuador return to the #WorldCup party 🥳 #WCQ | #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/fcHIBd3GB0
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) March 25, 2022
Team News
Dominguez is the sole absentee for the hosts due to injury.
Meanwhile; the visitors have Dybala, Acuna, Martinez and Gomez out due to injuries.
E Martinez, Buendia, Lo Celso and Romero remain suspended and L Martinez is unavailable for this one.
Ecuador possible 11:
Galindez, Preciado, Torres, Hincapie, Estupinan, Gruezo, Mendez, Castillo, Mena, Rojas and Valencia
Argentina possible 11:
Armani, Molina, Otamendi, Pezzella, Tagliafico, De Paul, Rodriguez, Paredes, Messi, Correa and Di Maria
Prediction: Ecuador 0-2 Argentina
Argentina is on a roll and will be expected to continue their domination show.
The hosts have surprised one and all with their potential as they qualified for the WC with matches to spare. They will aim to frustrate the visitors but will find it difficult to win as they lack the quality.
Man-to-Man Argentina is on top in every sphere and should take the points.
