Ecuador vs Guatemala - prediction, team news, lineups

Ecuador's last affable crippled earlier the play astatine the World Cup volition instrumentality spot against Guatemala connected Sunday at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field successful the USA.

With the Ecuadorians acceptable to instrumentality connected Ivory Coast successful their archetypal radical lucifer connected June 15, this weekend's clash with Guatemala volition beryllium cardinal mentation up of that fixture.

Match preview

Ecuador are 1 of the finest antiaircraft outfits successful planetary football, with the federation having kept 12 cleanable sheets successful their past 18 games.

It should beryllium noted that they avoided decision successful that stretch, getting the amended of their opponents 7 times, though a stalemate connected the play would beryllium their sixth successful 8 outings.

La Tricolor person conceded precisely 1 extremity successful each of their past 3 matches, but they person lone conceded much than 1 extremity successful 1 of their 26 astir caller fixtures.

At the different extremity of the pitch, Ecuador person scored six goals successful their past 4 games, arsenic galore arsenic they had netted successful their anterior 10 clashes.

Boss Sebastian Beccacece volition anticipation his broadside tin caput into the 2026 tourney successful amended signifier than they did for the 2022 variation considering they failed to triumph immoderate of the 3 fixtures starring up the Qatar World Cup.

Guatemala did not suffice for the 2026 World Cup aft suffering elimination from their CONCACAF radical successful the 3rd round, finishing 3rd behind Suriname and Panama successful November 2025

Their nonaccomplishment successful the radical signifier means they volition person to hold until 2030 astatine the earliest for their archetypal tourney appearance, though they tin astatine slightest hole for the upcoming 2026-27 CONCACAF Nations League.

Ahead of their clash with Ecuador, Los Chapines person been defeated successful their past 3 clashes, losing by a cumulative people of 11-1.

Manager Luis Fernando Tena has lone guided the squad to 2 victories successful his past 10 games, and a nonaccomplishment connected Sunday would beryllium the nation's seventh successful 11 matches.

Guatemala person met Ecuador connected 3 different occasions, and they were beaten 2-0 successful each of those meetings, the astir caller of which occurred successful March 2024.

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Team News

Ecuador's antiaircraft grounds is truthful beardown due to the fact that the endowment they person astatine the backmost includes Arsenal's Piero Hincapie, Paris Saint-Germain's Willian Pacho, Club Brugge's Joel Ordonez and Atletico Mineiro's Alan Franco.

The defence has often been shielded by Chelsea's Moises Caicedo, and helium is apt to beryllium joined successful the mediate of the transportation by Pedro Vite.

Captain Enner Valencia is acceptable to pb the enactment astatine the World Cup, and helium whitethorn beryllium supported up beforehand by Gonzalo Plata.

Guatemala whitethorn sanction a backmost 3 connected Sunday, with centre-backs Marcelo Hernandez, Jose Ardon and Jose Pinto acceptable to beryllium tasked with protecting goalkeeper Luis Moran.

Midfielders Jonathan Franco and Jose Rosales could commencement successful a treble pivot down centre-forward Daniel Mendez.

Ecuador imaginable starting lineup:

Galindez; Franco, Ordonez, Pacho, Hincapie; Preciado, Caicedo, Vite, Angulo; Plata, Valencia

Guatemala imaginable starting lineup:

Moran; Hernandez, Ardon, Pinto; Yanes, Franco, Rosales, Morales; Santis, Mendez, Munoz

We say: Ecuador 1-0 Guatemala

Though Ecuador person not been the astir breathtaking squad successful the satellite to watch, their resilience volition marque it hard for Guatemala to summation a foothold.

Ecuador volition apt travel done their situation connected Sunday unscathed, though the crippled volition astir surely beryllium debased scoring.

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