Friendlies
The Netherlands is preparing for the World Cup with a new test. On Friday, they turned around a home match against Norway for a 2:1 victory. They have been performing quite well at home lately and scoring goals. The last time they lost at home was 1:2 to France almost three years ago. They had no problems in the World Cup qualifiers, except for two 1:1 draws with Poland. The other opponents were not a problem, and they won convincingly at home against them.
16 matches unbeaten for tough EcuadorEcuador has become quite a tough and hard-to-break opponent. This is also indicated by their series of 16 matches without a loss. Among these, there have been quite a few draws, with eight of their last ten matches ending in a tie. Ecuador definitely finds it hard to concede goals, which is also a reason they are on a streak of ten consecutive matches with under 2.5 goals.
Prediction: under 2.5 goalsThe Netherlands is generally one of the more goal-scoring teams, but now they are facing quite a tough opponent who has been hard to score against and has not lost recently. It seems to me that the Ecuadorians will not be an easy opponent this time either, and it is possible that they will have another low-scoring match. Historically, the two teams have faced each other three times in this century, and all three times there were under 2.5 goals.
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