Quote from: BlackRexuz on Today at 01:25:13 PM

Can't wait for the opening match of the World Cup in the early hours of the morning, which brings together the hosts QATAR vs ECUADOR. The duel between the two teams will take place at Al Bayt Stadium, Sunday (20/11). The opening ceremony will also take place before this match.

On paper, Ecuador is more favored to win the match. As well as excelling in the FIFA rankings, the South American representative is also more experienced at appearing in World Cup finals, but Qatar will not be beaten easily. The host certainly has the full support of his fans.

Qatar is also one of the teams with the most mature preparation. Al Annabi also benefits from more familiar weather and terrain.

Head to Head :

12-10-2018 Qatar 4-3 Ecuador (Trial)
25-02-1996 Qatar 1-2 Ecuador (Trial)
18-02-1996 Qatar 1-1 Ecuador (Trial)

Predicted Composition of Players:

Qatar (3-5-2): Saad Al Sheeb; Abdelkarim Hassan, Bassam Al Rawi, Boualem Khoukhi; Homam Ahmed, Karim Boudiaf, Hassan Al Haydos, Abdulaziz Hatem, Pedro Miguel; Almoez Ali, Akram Afif.

Coach: Felix Sánchez.

Ecuador (4-4-2): Alexander Dominguez; Pervis Esstupinan, Piero Hincapie, Felix Torres, Byron Castillo; Romario Ibarra, Carlos Gruezo, Moises Caicedo, Gonzalo Plata; Michael Estrada, Enner Valencia.

Coach: Gustavo Alfaro.

Predictions :
Qatar 2-1 Ecuador

Before I place a bet I want to see some predictions from this forum, and some of the media out there, finding this review makes me sure about this prediction and from several sources, I'm not so sure about Ecuador, even though they can win the match on paper but in the second meeting, it showed that these two countries were equally strong, but Qatar was playing in its own country which made me prefer to put a partner for Qatar.