Argentina vs Ecuador prediction and betting tips on July 5, 2024
Game Prediction
A match between the national teams of Argentina and Ecuador will take place in the quarter-finals of the Copa America on July 5, 2024. Messi and the company will try to continue defending the title, but their neighbour will definitely try to “drink the blood” of the favourites.
Argentina vs Ecuador: key statistics and trends
- Argentina has won all the matches at the Copa America without conceding a single goal.
- Ecuador won only 1 out of 3 matches at the group stage.
Argentina – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Albiceleste” is the best team in South America, and indeed in the world – at least these are the results of the latest relevant tournaments. And the way Scaloni’s wards played both in friendly matches and in the first rounds of the new qualification showed that they had not yet “fed up” with success after many years of disappointment and lost finals.
This attitude is confirmed by the current Copa. Messi is no longer ready to play like he did in Qatar. Still, the favourite consistently beat Canada, Chile and Peru with a total score of 5-0.
Ecuador – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Tricolor” has recently reached a good level. The team went to the World Cup and started the new qualification with dignity last autumn.
Still, the Copa America began with a misfire, and the eternal leader, Enner Valencia, was an anti-hero, receiving a red card. As a result, the team lost to Venezuela. Fortunately, it later beat the second favourite, Mexico. And “the Tricolor” played calmly, 3-1, with the outsider, Jamaica. As a result, the team needed to keep a draw with “El Tri” in the last round, and it achieved this due to a goalless draw.
Argentina: team news
Messi must fully recover, which cannot be said about Acuña.
Ecuador: team news
“The Tricolor’s” Kevin Rodriguez was injured.
Argentina vs Ecuador: possible starting line-ups
Argentina (possible line-up): Martinez – Tagliafico, Martinez, Romero, Molina – N. Gonzalez, Fernandez, Mac Allister, De Paul - Alvarez, Messi
Ecuador (possible line-up): Dominguez – Hincapie, Pacho, Torres, Preciado – Caicedo, Franco, Paez, Sarmiento – Valencia, Rodriguez.
Previous head-to-head matches: Argentina vs Ecuador
“The Albiceleste” won 6 times in 7 previous head-to-head matches, and “the Tricolor” had taken a home draw only in the last but one year.
Free prediction for the match Argentina vs Ecuador
There’s simply too much of a class difference here. Messi and the company must win in their signature style, so one can bet on “total: under 2.5” (odd: 1.64).