Ecuador vs Italy Live Stream, Predictions - Few goals predicted in Ecuador

This is going to be the third head to head match between Ecuador and Italy. 

They last met in June 2005, the game ending in a 1-1 draw, while Italy won the first clash 2-0 in the World Cup 2002. 

Ecuador were victorious in their first international friendly in 2024, beating Guatemala 2-0 on Thursday night, John Yeboah and Gonzalo Plata finding the net. 

The Tricolos recently started their World Cup 2026 qualifying campaign in South America, claiming 11 out of possible 18 points. 

They were victorious against Uruguay 2-1, Bolivia 2-1 and Chile, lost to Argentina 1-0, while the duels against Colombia and Venezuela ended in goalless draws. 

Felix Torres is the only player to score 2 goals in the WC 2026 qualifiers so far. 

Goalkeepers: Hernan Galindez, Javier Burrai, Alexander Dominguez

Defenders: Felix Torres, Piero Hincapie, Robert Arboleda, Willian Pacho, Pervis Estupinan, Jose Hurtado, Anibal Chala, Angelo Preciado, Leonardo Realpe, Joel Ordonez

Midfielders: Jose Cifuentes, Carlos Gruezo, John Yeboah, Gonzalo Plata, Jeremy Sarmiento, Angel Mena, Kendry Paez, Joao Ortiz, Alan Franco, Moises Caicedo, Alan Minda
Forwards: Enner Valencia (captain), Jordy Caicedo, Allen Obando

Luciano Spalletti’s side was victorious earlier this week in Florida, beating Venezuela 2-1 in a friendly match Mateo Retegui scoring both goals. 

Italy directly qualified for the upcoming EURO 2024 by winning the second place in Group C, behind England, ahead of Ukraine, North Macedonia and Malta. Their record was not impressive at all, finishing with four wins, two draws and two defeats.  

Azzurri wrapped up the qualifying cycle with a goalless draw against Ukraine in November 2023 where they had 1.73-0.33 expected goals, 60% possession and 17-7 shots.  

Italy outplayed North Macedonia 5-2 a couple of days before the mentioned duel against Ukraine, Federico Chiesa (x2), Giacomo Raspadori, Matteo Darmian and Stephan El Shaarawy finding the net.