Paraguay is hosting Ecuador at Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi in round 17 of the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifications. Paraguay has had terrible qualifications, they haven’t won any of their last 6 games, and they will not be going to the World Cup. Ecuador is pretty much safe, but with a point here, they will qualify for sure.
With only 13 points, and only 9 scored goals in 16 games, Paraguay is now in 9th place in the standings, and they are far away from the World Cup spot. Defensively, Paraguay wasn’t the worse team here, but definitely not good enough. Romero Villamayor is the leading goalscorer for Paraguay with only 4 scored goals. There is not a lot more to say about Paraguay, they have some good players, but simply not enough to make an impact, at least not right now. Better luck for Paraguay in the next qualifications.
Ecuador has been impressive in these qualifications I gotta admit, and they are in 3rd place with 25 points. With a point in this game, Ecuador will secure their World Cup spot, and with some favorable results from other games, even a loss will be good for them. Offensively, Ecuador is the second-best team in these qualifications with 25 scored goals, and when you are going against Brazil and Argentina that is saying a lot. Even Ecuador’s defense has been great so far with 15 conceded goals in 16 games. After this, Ecuador is playing against Argentina at home, which is why I think they will try to get a positive result here, and then go all out in that game against Argentina. Estrada is the leading goalscorer for Ecuador with 6 goals, while Valencia and Plata have added 3 goals each. Overall, a very impressive performance from Ecuador in these qualifications, and they have completely deserved to qualify for the World Cup.
Paraguay hasn’t won any of their last 7 games, while Ecuador hasn’t lost any of their last 7 games. Paraguay has won only 1 home game in these qualifications, but I think they could get a point here. I think this could be a tough game, and I will take a first-half draw here.