World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - South America | Group Stage

Mar 21, 2025 at 9pm UK

Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria

Ecuador
2 - 1
Venezuela

Valencia (39', 46')
Mercado (65')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Cadiz (90+1')
Vargas (63'), Mejias (78')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's World Cup Qualifying - South America clash between Ecuador and Venezuela, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Ecuador

All competitions

Last Game: Colombia 0-1 Ecuador
Tuesday, November 19 at 11pm in World Cup Qualifying - South America

Current CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Argentina	12	14	25
2	Ecuador	12	7	22
3	Brazil	13	7	21
4	Uruguay	12	8	20
5	Paraguay	13	2	20
6	Colombia	13	4	19
7	Bolivia	12	-14	13
8	Venezuela	12	-4	12
9	Chile	13	-12	9
10	Peru	12	-12	7

Venezuela

All competitions

World Cup Qualifying

Last Game: USA 3-1 Venezuela
Saturday, January 18 at 8pm in International Friendlies

Current CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Argentina	12	14	25
2	Ecuador	12	7	22
3	Brazil	13	7	21
4	Uruguay	12	8	20
5	Paraguay	13	2	20
6	Colombia	13	4	19
7	Bolivia	12	-14	13
8	Venezuela	12	-4	12
9	Chile	13	-12	9
10	Peru	12	-12	7

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Ecuador win with a probability of 65.05%. A draw had a probability of 21.6% and a win for Venezuela had a probability of 13.34%.

The most likely scoreline for a Ecuador win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.43%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (13.4%) and 2-1 (9.35%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.06%), while for a Venezuela win it was 0-1 (5.42%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Ecuador in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Ecuador.

Result
Ecuador	Draw	Venezuela
65.05% ( -0.3)	21.61% ( 0.2)	13.34% ( 0.11)

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Liverpool	38	25	9	4	86	41	45	84
2	Arsenal	38	20	14	4	69	34	35	74
3	Manchester City Man City	38	21	8	9	72	44	28	71
4	Chelsea	38	20	9	9	64	43	21	69
5	Newcastle United Newcastle	38	20	6	12	68	47	21	66
6	Aston Villa	38	19	9	10	58	51	7	66
7	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	38	19	8	11	58	46	12	65
8	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	38	16	13	9	66	59	7	61
9	Bournemouth	38	15	11	12	58	46	12	56
10	Brentford	38	16	8	14	66	57	9	56
11	Fulham	38	15	9	14	54	54	0	54
12	Crystal Palace	38	13	14	11	51	51	0	53
13	Everton	38	11	15	12	42	44	-2	48
14	West Ham United West Ham	38	11	10	17	46	62	-16	43
15	Manchester United Man Utd	38	11	9	18	44	54	-10	42
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	38	12	6	20	54	69	-15	42
17	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	38	11	5	22	64	65	-1	38
R	Leicester City Leicester	38	6	7	25	33	80	-47	25
R	Ipswich Town Ipswich	38	4	10	24	36	82	-46	22
R	Southampton	38	2	6	30	26	86	-60	12
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Ecuador	Draw	Venezuela
1-0 @ 14.43% ( 0.15) 2-0 @ 13.4% ( 0.02) 2-1 @ 9.35% ( -0.02) 3-0 @ 8.3% ( -0.07) 3-1 @ 5.79% ( -0.07) 4-0 @ 3.85% ( -0.07) 4-1 @ 2.69% ( -0.06) 3-2 @ 2.02% ( -0.03) 5-0 @ 1.43% ( -0.04) 5-1 @ 1% ( -0.03) 4-2 @ 0.94% ( -0.02) Other @ 1.86% Total : 65.04%	1-1 @ 10.06% ( 0.06) 0-0 @ 7.78% ( 0.16) 2-2 @ 3.26% ( -0.02) Other @ 0.51% Total : 21.6%	0-1 @ 5.42% ( 0.09) 1-2 @ 3.51% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 1.89% ( 0.02) Other @ 2.52% Total : 13.34%