The Albiceleste will be poised to get closer to the Copa America trophy by beating Ecuador in Saturday's clash.

Preview

Argentina and Ecuador will lock horns in Goiania in the quarter-finals of the Copa America on Saturday as they aim to secure to spot in the semi-finals of the tournament. The former finished at the top of Group A to reach the knockout stage, whereas the latter confirmed their place in the knockout stage with a fourth-placed finish in Group B. For the Argentina, the objective will be to build up on their impressive run so far with their 'Golden Generation' led by Lionel Messi approaching the end of their respective careers.

La Albiceleste began the tournament with a 1-1 draw with Chile where Eduardo's late strike cancelled out Lionel Messi's opener. What followed was successive wins over Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia, with Lionel Scaloni's side recording two 1-0 wins and a 4-1 victory respectively. 

As one of the tournament's favorites, Argentina's form should be able to guide them to get the better of Ecuador on Saturday. So far, they are unbeaten since July 2019, racking up ten wins and seven draws in the games played across that period. 

For Ecuador, they will need more than the series of performances that secured them a place in the knockout stage. La Tri narrowly secured qualification to the last eight, having pipped Venezuela to fourth spot in Group B. They finished the group phase with just three points from four games; first losing 1-0 to Collombia in their opening game, before following it up with three successive draws against Venezuela, Peru and Brazil. 

The scoreline from their three previous outings suggest that they are capable of scoring under the right circumstances and they will hope that that will be the case against Argentina on Saturday. Their form is not necessarily bad as across the last ten games, they have managed four wins, three defeats and three draws. With none of the wins coming in the last six games, they will hope for a change in fortune as soon as possible.

Key Stats

  • Argentina have been victorious in four of their previous five meetings with Ecuador in across all competitions.

  • Ecuador are winless in their last six competitive games.

  • Argentina have not been beaten by any side in this Copa America. They have won three games and drawn one.

  • Argentina have conceded the joint fewest goals in this edition of the Copa America alongside Brazil.

Predicted starting XI

  • Argentina: E Martinez; Molina, Lisandro Martinez, Otamendi, Acuna; Paredes, Lo Celso; Lautaro Martinez, Messi, Gomez; Aguero

  • Ecuador: Galindez; Angelo Preciado, Hincapie, Arboleda, Estupinan; Franco, Mendez, Caicedo, Palacios; Ayrton Preciado, Valencia.

Broadcast information

 

Match details, result and original broadcast info

Argentina 3 - 0 Ecuador

July 3, 2021 9:00pmEstádio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico Teixeira (Goiânia, Goiás)

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