Argentina vs. Ecuador – Score prediction (13.10.2019)

Overview.

Having recently finished in third-place in the Copa América, Argentina (FIFA rank: #10) now travel to Elche in Spain to face fellow CONMEBOL opposition, Ecuador (#65). Argentina have kept two clean sheets from three friendlies since the CA ended, all of which were played on foreign soil (W1, D2). Interestingly, Argentina have conceded the opening goal in four of their last eight games that didn’t end goalless (W4, D2, L2), two of which came against lower-ranked nations than themselves (Germany – #16, Paraguay – #40). However Argentina do dominate the all-time H2H series (W17, D9, L4), scoring 2.4 goals per match on average (0.9 conceded).

Conversely, Ecuador had a nightmarish CA tournament, crashing out winless and bottom of their group (D1, L2). Notably, they conceded three times before half-time in their only match vs top-ten ranked CONMEBOL opposition in that tournament. After conceding a first-half opener in all three CA games, Ecuador have managed to keep a clean sheet in their two friendlies since (255 minutes without conceding in all games). One of those games was a victory vs top-20 ranked Peru (D/W HT/FT).

Match Info.

Competition: WORLD: Friendly International
Kick off: 13.10.2019, 14:00 UTC.
Venue: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero (Elche).
Referee: TBD.

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