Switzerland Ecuador Match Betting Predictions

The Switzerland vs Ecuador match will be played on June 15 at Estádio Nacional de Brasília. This is the first round match of World Cup group E, which, besides Switzerland and Ecuador, consists also of France and Honduras.

This match could decide who will be the lucky passenger on board to the knockout stage, considering France is the favourite of this group, so the eventual loser from this match would be in a very difficult position.

Both Switzerland and Ecuador qualified for the World Cup directly, without going to the playoff round. These teams don’t have star players in their squad, but in their qualifying matches they proved their strength to opponents they played against, and they will be very respectable opponents in the forthcoming tournament.

Looking at their recent performances in friendly games, it seems that both national teams are coming to World Cup in a very solid form. Ecuador played only with national teams who qualified to World Cup, and scored some respectable results, such as draws against Netherlands and Argentina. They also drew with their opponent from group E, Honduras, lost to Mexico, and beat Australia in a high scoring game (the result was 4-3).

On the other hand, Switzerland succeeded in achieving more victories, but they played against mostly lower ranked national teams which failed to qualify for the World Cup. They beat Jamaica and Peru, but with national teams who qualified for the World Cup, they managed to get only a draw with Croatia, and they lost to South Korea.

As it was written above, the match between Switzerland and Ecuador will maybe prove decisive for the fate of these teams. A win could catapult them into the second round, but a loss could even eliminate them from all combinations. That’s why it is expected that both teams will be very careful, and play a lot more defensively than they used to. Every mistake could be fatal, so they won’t take too much risk.

The players to watch in this game are young Swiss attacker Josip Drmic, who is, after only one season in Bundesliga, wanted by big European clubs, and Enner and Antonio Valencia from Ecuador, who are, surprisingly, not related; even they played for same Ecuadorian team.

This will be a tough outcome to predict, but considering all the facts, perhaps a better choice than predicting a winner is to bet on less goals >> Under 2 Goals @2.50 bet365

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: Posted in World Cup 2014 • Date: 01.06.2014