Ecuador vs Peru prediction: SOUTH AMERICA: World Championship – Qualification betting tips on match 2024-09-09 21:00.
[p]New manager Sebastián Beccacece will be hoping Ecuador can improve their final third output as he goes in search of his first win. The manager was left feeling “proud” by his side’s performance in a 1-0 defeat to Brazil in his debut in the dugout but may have been equally frustrated in La Tri wasting nine goal attempts as they failed to score for the second time in three games.[/p]
[p]That result means as CONMEBOL qualifying for the FIFA World Cup nears the halfway stage, Ecuador are currently hanging on to the final place at the 2026 tournament after a run of one win in four outings (D2, L1). Fans should be confident of returning to winning ways on home soil though, where their team are unbeaten over a three-year period (W5, D4).[/p]
[p]One worry for La Tri is that loss came to Peru, whose last defeat in a competitive H2H came in 2011 (W4, D3 since). However, the visitors currently sit in bottom place in the World Cup qualifying table, with a 1-1 draw against Colombia in their most recent match meaning they have picked up just three of the 21 points available to them (D3, L4), while scoring a qualification-low of just two goals in the process.[/p]
[p]All hopes of climbing the table are not lost, given they only sit three points below the play-off spot. However, it has been an inauspicious start to life in the dugout for manager Jorge Fossati, who took the reins in late 2023 but is yet to taste success in a competitive international (D2, L2), meaning form has to improve dramatically if La Bicolor are to reach only their second World Cup since 1982.[/p]
[p]Key battle: Ecuador’s Pervis Estupiñán has only lost one home World Cup qualifier in his career (W5, D3), while three of his four international goals have served as the first or last of the game. Attempting to get the better of him may be Edison Flores, joint-tenth on Peru’s all-time top goalscorers list, with three of his 16 international strikes coming in six personal H2Hs (W2, D2, L2).[/p]
[p]Hot streak: Of Peru’s last 28 internationals, only three have produced 3+ goals.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Matt Jones[/i][/p]