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Introduction [Music] Contents World Cup qualifying South America Brazil versus Ecuador prediction teen news lineups preview Brazil will resume their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign when they welcome Ecuador to a stadio major Antonio kuto Pereira on Friday the seil Chow are sitting in sixth spot with seven points to their name while the visitors are one point better off in fifth position match preview Brazil boss Doral Jr experienced disappointment in his first tournament in charge of the national team after he saw his side eliminated in The quarterfinals of the Copa America in the USA the seal Chow won just one of their three group matches D2 meaning that they had to settle for second place and a tough quarterfinal tie against Marcelo be's Uruguay who kept their cool from the penalty spot to eliminate Brazil on penalties despite overseeing an underwhelming tournament Doral can still take some comfort from the fact that he has not lost in regulation time in any of his eight matches in charge giving him something to build upon in his first two qualifiers as Brazil coach the five-time World Cup winner winners May view qualification as a formality but they have work to do after winning two drawing one and losing three of their first six qualifiers they began their qualifying campaign with back-to-back wins and a draw against Venezuela before they were stopped in their tracks by three defeats against Uruguay Colombia and Argentina Brazil will be confident of taking something from Friday's contest against Ecuador having avoided defeat in each of their last 12 head-to-head matches like Brazil Ecuador also experienced penalty shootout disappointment in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Copa America after finishing second in their group lat TR went on to play out a one-o-one draw with Argentina before suffering a 4 to2 defeat in the subsequent shootout having had a couple of months to reflect on a second straight quarter Final Exit Ecuador will now turn their focus back to World Cup qualifying as they look to reach back-to- back finals Felix Sanchez left his post following Ecuador's Copa America exit and was subsequently replaced by former L boss Sebastian beacis beacis takes over a side that have put together a five-game unbeaten run in World Cup qualifying and are sitting one place above Brazil despite being hit with a three-point deduction for fielding an ineligible player in the previous qualifying cycle latra have not beaten Brazil since November 2004 but they may be able to take Confidence from the fact that they have avoided defeat in their last two meetings with seal Chow team news Brazil are without the services of alhalel forward Neymar who is still recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament injury that he sustained in October 2023 barisha dortmund's Yen cuto and Manchester City sininho who were teammates at Jona last season have both been forced to withdraw from der rival's Squad due to injury Doral has handed a callup to 17-year-old Pal's attacker esta Willian who will swap the Brazilian Top Flight for the Premier League when he officially joins Chelsea next summer with Rafia suspended Dory Val would decide to select an all Real Madrid forward line of Rodrigo venius Jr and endri as for Ecuador they are unable to call upon Defender Christian Ramirez who was forced to withdraw from the squad after he sustained an ankle injury in faren vero's Europa League qualifying clash with borak Brighton HOV albian pervis is stupin has not played for his country since March 2023 due to injury but he has returned to the fold for the current International period and is expected to start against Brazil Ecuador's alltime leading scorer inner Valencia will spearhead the attack and he will be looking to add to the 41 goals that he has scored for his country Brazil possible starting lineup alisen Danilo Milo Gabriel Arana Andre garez Paka Rodrigo venicius andri Ecuador possible starting lineup gindes preciado Hopi Pacho estupinan cedo Franco guo pz sento Valencia we say Brazil 2 to1 Ecuador Brazil will be motivated to produce a positive response after a disappointing Copa America campaign and we think that they will make full use of Home Advantage to claim maximum points and extend their unbeaten run in head-to-head matches to 13 games thanks for your watching don't forget to click the subscribed button and hit the Bell icon for more [Music] l [Music] [Music] [Music]