The Group E Ecuador vs Curacao match ended 0-0 without a goal, but it didn’t end without a star, with Curacao’s goalkeeper Eloy Room sending himself viral with equaling the record for saves in a match. The scoreless draw doesn’t knock anyone out yet, even Curacao, who lost 7-1 in their first game are still in the game. Ecuador, whose defence was championed before the tournament are still looking for a first goal scored at this World Cup.
This Ecuador vs Curacao Match Centre Express Summary has just enough stats and colour from game to give you a taste of the 2026 FIFA World Cup clash.
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BEST OF STATS
Curacao keeper Eloy Room made 15 saves which equaled the World Cup record. He also got a perfect ten according to Who Scored Ratings.
Ecuador are unbeaten in their last 13 games v CONCACAF nations in all competitions (W6 D6). The last five games were all draws.
REST OF STATS
The meeting of the two first game losers from Group E. But maybe now that Curacao have got that first World Cup game out of the way, they may well be better for the experience of their 7-1 loss to Germany and the Group E Ecuador v Curacao could be a real upset. That’s probably wishful thinking and definitely overlooking Ecuador’s good performance against the Ivory Coast despite losing. No disrespect to the South Americans, but who doesn’t love a real minnow upset. Especially for a team with so many references to cocktails.
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STATS SUMMARY
RATINGS
The Gurgler’s in-house Ratings system chooses the winner.
| Ecuador | 63.2% | Curaçao | 36.8% |
Easy win for Ecuador on paper. Spain’s rating was over 70% for context v Curacao.
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Ecuador are W2 L1 v CONCACAF nations at the World Cup. They have won the last two though.
Ecuador are unbeaten in their last 12 games v CONCACAF nations in all competitions (W6 D6). The last four games were all draws against all three host nation including two draws v Mexico.
Curacao’s record v South American nations in all competitions is W4 D4 L6. The last match v South American nations was a 7-0 loss to Argentina.
Ecuador conceded just five goals in 18 World Cup qualifying games. They had five clean sheets in their last five games of qualifying. Four of those games were 0-0 draws.
MATCH PREDICTION
Ecuador 3 Curacao 0
