Chile welcome Ecuador for the World Cup 2022 Qualifying action on Wednesday, as they have won three consecutive games to climb to fourth, while Ecuador continue to defy the odds in the third position after 13 qualifying games.
After a slow start, Chile’s hopes of reaching next year’s World Cup looked narrow, as they sat seven points out of 10 away matches following back-to-back defeats. However , they have found form to give themselves a good chance.
La Roja took a 2-0 home win over Paraguay through goals from Ben Brereton Diaz and Mauricio Isla, before Erick Pulgar’s brace and Brenton Diaz goal to take a 3-0 victory over Venezuela at home.
On returning to action last time out, Martin Lasarte’s men made it three wins running, as they defeated Paraguay with Alexis Sanchez scoring the only goal of the game.
Such an outcome in form has seen Chile climb to the top four of the South American qualifying group, meaning they currently have an automatic qualification spot. However, with fifth-placed Colombia and sixth-placed Uruguay being level on points, Lasarte’s men have no room to make any mistake if they are to book their spot in Qatar.
Ecuador are coming into the game looking to keep hold of their spot in the top three after a particularly impressive qualifying campaign.
After their narrow opening loss to Argentina, La Tricolor put up a run of three straight victories and held onto a top-four spot since.
Despite putting a struggle for consistency recently, Gustavo Alfaro’s side head into the Wednesdya’s match in a run of three games without defeat, having drawn with Colombia before beating Mexico 3-2 in a friendly in October.
They returned to qualifying action with a victory on Thursday, With Piero Hincapie scoring the only goal of the game at home to Venezuela.
Chile vs Equador head to head
This is a pair that we can say that they kind of match their strengths with very a slight difference. That is, Chile are slightly better than Ecuador because their wins are shared both home and away, while Ecuador have won most of their games at home in all tournaments.
Chile 2-0 Ecuador 12/06/15
Ecuador 3-0 Chile 07/10/16
Chile 2-1 Ecuador 06/10/17
Ecuador 1-2 Chile 22/06/19
Ecuador 0-0 Chile 06/09/21
Chile latest home form
The Chile national team have had a mixture of outcomes in their recent performance at home, winning three out of their five recent matches at home. However, in their last two recent matches at home, they have shown some improvement by winning both.
Chile 1-0 Bolivia 19/06/21
Chile 0-2 Paraguay 25/06/21
Chile 0-1 Brazil 03/09/21
Chile 2-0 Paraguay 11/10/21
Chile 3-0 Venezuela 15/10/21
Chile latest away form
Chile have had a poor run of results when it comes to performance away from home. They have running winless in more than five games in all competitions. However, they put their feet forward to a 1-0 victory over Paraguay in their most recent game on the road.
Brazil 1-0 Chile 03/07/21
Ecuador 0-0 Chile 06/09/21
Colombia 3-1 Chile 10/09/21
Peru 2-0 Chile 08/10/21
Paraguay 0-1 Chile 12/11/21
Ecuador latest home form
We can say that Ecuador have kept on run a somewhat good form at home recently. It is a positive recsult having not lost in their five recent matches at home in all competitions. They have won three and drawn two, collecting 11 points in the process.
Ecuador 2-2 Peru 24/06/21
Ecuador 2-0 Praguay 03/09/21
Ecuador 0-0 Chile 06/09/21
Ecuador 3-0 Bolivia 08/10/21
Ecuador 1-0 Venezuela 12/11/21
Ecuador latest away form
Ecuador are not in such a good state in terms of their form away from home. They have been losing most of their matches with the best performance being a draw, but among their last five matches, ended in a draw against Colombia and a win over Mexico.
Argentina 3-0 Ecuador 04/07/21
Uruguay 1-0 Ecuador 10/09/21
Venezuela 2-1 Ecuador 10/10/21
Colombia 0-0 Ecuador 15/10/21
Mexico 2-3 Ecuador 28/10/21
Chile news
Chile will continue to heavily rely on their experienced core, with Mauricio Isla, Gary Medel and Arturo Vidal playing key roles. Forward Alexis Sanchez has also recently returned to the squad after an injury, and will again lead the line after his winner last time out.
Ecuador news
After a strong performance last time out, Ecuador could maintain an unchanged side heading into the Wednesday’s game, with Moises Caicedo and Carlos Gruezo at the mid. Felix Torres and Piero Hincapie will again be trusted to shield Alexander Dominguez between the sticks.
Prediction and Odds
While Chile are boasting of more quality than their opponents, Ecuador have over performed this campaign to proof themselves as a difficult team to beat. All factors considered, and given both sides’ desire to qualify, we can predict a share of the spoils on Wednesday.
Odds: 1 1.80 X 2.10 2 1.95
Probable outcomes
Chile 0-0 Ecuador
Chile 1-1 Ecuador
Chile 2-2 Ecuador
Chile 1-0 Ecuador
Chile 2-1 Ecuador
