Ecuador - Venezuela
Ecuador - VenezuelaEcuador hosts Venezuela in a match of the 12th round of World Cup qualifiers in South America zone. The match was on November 15, Tuesday, at 23:00 local time at the stadium "Olimpico Atahualpa" in Quito.
Ecuador has five wins, two draws and four losses since the start of qualifying. They are in fourth place in the standings with a total of 17 points, as has the fifth Colombia. Ecuadorian team is not entitled to a mistake in the upcoming hosting one of the underdogs in this qualifying cycle - Venezuela.
Ecuador launched an excellent qualifying with four wins outplaying including Argentina and Uruguay. In the next seven games but they recorded only one win - against Chile 3: 0 at home. However, the team had its chances to qualify to the World Cup 2018 and must win all three points in this match to stay in the top four and have confidence before decisive matches next year, which include visits to Brazil and Chile and host Argentina.
Venezuela has five points in their asset and is the penultimate ninth place. After 10 consecutive games without a win, which won only two points Venezuelans beat Bolivia with 5: 0 days ago. They thus ahead of them in the standings and were detached from the bottom.
Torino striker Joseph Martinez broke a hat-trick on Friday and it is expected to create trouble for the Ecuadorian defense. The composition of Rafael Dudamel no individual class and this is the main problem as they inferior to most teams in the area South America in this regard. In Quito team will try to deliver again a good game and to reinforce the good impression of the game against Bolivia, but their opponent is much stronger.
In November last year Ecuador won his visit to Venezuela 3: 0. During the previous qualifying cycle "tricolor" beat his rival by 2: 0 at home. Motivation in their team is much greater given their best chance of ranking in the World Cup and expect to win the upcoming match with at least two goals difference.