Ecuador vs Argentina

World Cup - Qualification South America · 2026 · Group Stage - 18
9 September 2025 at 23:00 UTC · Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha →Avenida Barcelona Sporting Club, Tarqui, Guayaquil

Ecuador

1:0

Full time

Argentina

• E. Valencia 45′ pen.

Half-time1–0

Regulation1–0

Referee: Wilmar Roldan, Colombia

Ecuador beat Argentina 1–0 in the World Cup - Qualification South America on 9 September 2025. E. Valencia scored the only goal from the penalty spot.

Match events

EVENTS

8′

Lautaro MartínezYellow cardFoul

16′

Moisés CaicedoYellow cardFoul

26′

Gonzalo PlataYellow cardFoul

31′

Nicolás OtamendiRed cardProfessional foul last man

38′

On: J. FoythOff: G. SimeoneSubstitution

45′

Ángelo PreciadoYellow cardFoul

45+8′

Ángelo PreciadoVAR · Penalty confirmed

45′

E. ValenciaPenalty scored

46′

On: J. YeboahOff: A. PreciadoSubstitution

50′

Moisés CaicedoYellow cardFoul

50′

Moisés CaicedoRed cardFoul

59′

On: K. PaezOff: E. ValenciaSubstitution

59′

On: J. AlcivarOff: N. AnguloSubstitution

62′

On: F. MastantuonoOff: L. ParedesSubstitution

63′

On: J. AlvarezOff: L. MartinezSubstitution

65′

Nicolás TagliaficoYellow cardFoul

68′

On: G. Lo CelsoOff: R. de PaulSubstitution

68′

On: N. MolinaOff: G. MontielSubstitution

69′

On: K. RodriguezOff: G. PlataSubstitution

80′

Leonardo BalerdiYellow cardFoul

90+3′

On: A. MindaOff: Player unavailableSubstitution

Symbol key

• Goal
• Yellow card
• Red card
• Second yellow / red
• Substitution
• Penalty scored
• Penalty missed
• Own goal
• Goal disallowed
• VAR review

Match stats

Full match1st half2nd half

FULL MATCH

43%Ball Possession57%

3Blocked Shots4

2Corner Kicks8

13Fouls10

0Goalkeeper Saves3

2Offsides1

85%Passes %89%

354Passes accurate481

1Red Cards1

7Shots insidebox3

4Shots off Goal4

4Shots on Goal0

4Shots outsidebox5

11Total Shots8

417Total passes541

4Yellow Cards3

—expected_goals—

—goals_prevented—

Lineups

Formations

Ecuador

4-4-1-1

1

H. Galíndez

3

P. Hincapié

6

W. Pacho

4

J. Ordoñez

21

A. Franco

20

N. Angulo

15

P. Vite

23

M. Caicedo

17

A. Preciado

19

G. Plata

13

E. Valencia

Coach: S. Beccacece →

Substitutes

2 · F. TorresAppearance details unavailableD

5 · C. RamírezAppearance details unavailableD

7 · Y. MedinaAppearance details unavailableD

8 · L. CampanaAppearance details unavailableF

9 · J. YeboahOn 46′ · 48 minF

10 · K. PáezOn 59′ · 31 minM

11 · K. RodríguezOn 69′ · 21 minF

12 · M. RamírezAppearance details unavailableG

14 · A. MindaOn 90+3′ · 1 minF

16 · D. CastilloAppearance details unavailableM

18 · J. AlcívarOn 59′ · 31 minM

22 · G. ValleAppearance details unavailableG

Argentina

4-2-3-1

23

E. Martínez

3

N. Tagliafico

19

N. Otamendi

6

L. Balerdi

4

G. Montiel

5

L. Paredes

7

R. De Paul

15

N. González

20

A. Mac Allister

17

G. Simeone

22

Lautaro Martínez

Coach: Lionel Sebastián Scaloni →

Substitutes

1 · W. BenítezAppearance details unavailableG

2 · J. FoythOn 38′ · 52 minD

8 · M. AcuñaAppearance details unavailableD

9 · J. ÁlvarezOn 63′ · 27 minF

10 · Franco MastantuonoOn 62′ · 28 minF

11 · G. Lo CelsoOn 68′ · 22 minM

12 · G. RulliAppearance details unavailableG

13 · J. LópezAppearance details unavailableF

14 · E. PalaciosAppearance details unavailableM

16 · N. MolinaOn 68′ · 22 minD

18 · N. PazAppearance details unavailableM

21 · A. VarelaAppearance details unavailableM