World Cup - Qualification South AmericaRegular Season - 18FT
Ecuador
1-3
HT (1-2)
ArgentinaOlimpico Atahualpa · Quito
Last 5 meetings
Full H2HW
Tue
Sep 9
2025
Ecuador
Argentina1
0
HT 1-0Group Stage - 18Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, GuayaquilWilmar Roldan, Colombia
D
Fri
Jul 5
2024
ArgentinaEcuador1
1
HT 1-0PENQuarter-finalsNRG Stadium, Houston, TexasA. Matonte
L
Sun
Jun 9
2024
ArgentinaEcuador1
0
HT 1-0Friendlies 1Soldier Field, Chicago, IllinoisD. Fischer
L
Fri
Sep 8
2023
ArgentinaEcuador1
0
HT 0-0Group Stage - 1Estadio Monumental, Buenos AiresW. Roldan
D
Wed
Mar 30
2022
EcuadorArgentina1
1
HT 0-1Group Stage - 18Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, GuayaquilRaphael Claus
Match events
- 1'Romario IbarraAssist: Roberto Ordóñez
- 12'Lionel MessiAssist: Ángel Di María
- 14'Jose Francisco Cevallos
- 20'Lionel Messi
- 41'Enner Valencia ↑Jose Francisco Cevallos ↓
- 51'Marcos Acuña
- 61'Lucas Biglia
- 62'Lionel MessiAssist: Nicolás Otamendi
- 64'Michael Estrada ↑Roberto Ordóñez ↓
- 75'Michael Estrada
- 76'Mauro Icardi ↑Darío Benedetto ↓
- 77'Jonny Uchuari ↑Jefferson Intriago ↓
- 84'Leandro Paredes ↑Ángel Di María ↓
- 86'Javier Mascherano
- 90'Federico Fazio ↑Eduardo Salvio ↓
Match stats
EcuadorArgentina
- 54%Possession46%
- 9Shots13
- 3Shots on target7
- 4Shots off target2
- 2Blocked shots4
- 3Shots inside box8
- 6Shots outside box5
- 396Passes329
- 338Accurate passes268
- 85%Pass accuracy81%
- 7Corners7
- 1Offsides0
- 23Fouls17
- 2Yellow cards3
- 0Red cards0
- 4Saves2
Lineups
Ecuador
Formation: 4-1-4-1
Starting XI
Goalkeeper
- 1Máximo Banguera
Defenders
- 4Pedro Velasco
- 23Darío Aimar
- 3Robert Arboleda
- 6Cristian Ramírez
Midfielders
- 15Jefferson Intriago
- 5Renato Ibarra
- 18Jefferson Orejuela
- 14Jose Francisco Cevallos
Forwards
- 8Romario Ibarra
- 17Roberto Ordóñez
Substitutes
- 12Pedro Ortiz
- 22Hamilton Piedra
- 2Ronaldo Johnson
- 21Xavier Arreaga
- 16Ayrton Preciado
- 10Joao Plata
- 9Jacob Murillo
- 19Carlos Garcés
- 13Enner Valencia
- 7Michael Estrada
- 11Jonny Uchuari
- 20Marcos López
Coach: J. Célico
Argentina
Formation: 3-4-2-1
Starting XI
Goalkeeper
- 1Sergio Romero
Defenders
- 2Gabriel Mercado
- 17Nicolás Otamendi
Midfielders
- 14Javier Mascherano
- 6Lucas Biglia
- 8Enzo Pérez
- 15Marcos Acuña
Forwards
- 18Eduardo Salvio
- 10Lionel Messi
- 11Ángel Di María
- 7Darío Benedetto
Substitutes
- 12Nahuel Guzmán
- 23Agustin Marchesin
- 13Emanuel Mammana
- 3Federico Fazio
- 4Germán Pezzella
- 20Leandro Paredes
- 19Éver Banega
- 16Emiliano Rigoni
- 5Pablo Pérez
- 9Mauro Icardi
- 21Paulo Dybala
- 22Alejandro Gómez
Coach: J. Sampaoli
Top performers
Ecuador- Jefferson Orejuela90'7.2
- Romario Ibarra1G90'7.0
- Roberto Ordóñez1A64'7.0
- Cristian Ramírez90'6.9
- Renato Ibarra90'6.8
Argentina- Lionel Messi3G90'9.9
- Enzo Pérez90'7.5
- Gabriel Mercado90'7.1
- Ángel Di María1A84'7.1
- Lucas Biglia90'7.0