Ecuador and Qatar is ready to take on the most prestigious football stage as they meet for their 2022 World Cup debut. Record-wise, it is the Ecuador who holds the advantage, as they enters the World Cup for four times already. As for Qatar, before this World Cup, they never qualified for the tournament. In fact, they qualified in the 2022 World Cup only because they are hosting this year’s tournament. Meaning to say, in the World Cup, Qatar is an inexperienced team coming into the tournament.
Although Qatar is an inexperienced team, this might be their advantage coming into this game. Since this is the first time they play in the World Cup, no other team is familiar with the way they played. Due to this, they are capable of surprising everyone in the competition. For Ecuador, defense have always been their problem all throughout their journey to the World Cup. They are lucky enough to qualify for the tournament, despite having a stingy defense, frustrating their South American opponents. These two teams are not really familiar with each other, so it is exciting how they will kick-off their campaign.
Ecuador, ready for their fourth World Cup
Now on their fourth World Cup, Ecuador is hoping to bounce back this year after failing to qualify in Russia 2018. They are undeniably more experienced internationally compared to Qatar. With that, they are surely more familiar how competitive the teams in the international stage. This squad plays a direct, and fast-paced soccer, so going against them might be too tiresome. During the qualifying round, the Ecuador squad had an astonishing 27 goals, which talks about how well they do offensively. However, they conceded 19 goals in CONMEBOL qualifying round, the lowest of any team which is not Brazil or Argentina.
Jeremy Sarmiento will not play as he is facing muscular problems, shortly before the Premier League took a break. Carlos Gruezo is also doubtful as he is limping out on his last match.
Qatar debuts in the World Cup
World Cup debutantes and hosts, Qatar, are now ready to show the Qatari can do in football in the world. This squad have been preparing so much for this tournament, even sending their national team is a training camp. They can gain motivation from the fact that no World Cup host has lost their opening match. Since teams are unfamiliar of them, they might use that as an advantage to surprise their opponents for this contest.
On their last friendly match, Akram Afif started on the bench, which is a shock to all as he was expected to be in the starters. This left many guessing if what strategy will the Qataris employ in the World Cup.
Prediction:
Ecuador (2)
Odds: 0.92
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