In the early hours of Monday, Mexico and Ecuador go head-to-head in the final game of Copa America’s Group B.
MexicoEl Tri suffered a 1-0 defeat against surprise package Venezuela last time out. The defeat means that Mexico have now lost three of their last four international outings.
Jaime Lozano’s team knows that only a win will give them any chance of making the competition's quarter-finals.
Their recent games have been relatively low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in four of their last six outings.
Mexico has a poor recent record at the Copa America, having won just one of their previous four games. In fact, El Tri has won just three of its last 12 Copa matches.
Their recent games at the Copa America have been relatively low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in four of their last five matches in the competition.
EcuadorFelix Sanchez’s team will qualify for the knockout stages of the Copa America with just a draw. However, they will hope to seal their qualification with a victory to take some positive momentum into the last eight of the competition.
La Tri opened their campaign with a 2-1 defeat by group leaders Venezuela before recording a 3-1 win over Jamaica.
Ecuador’s recent matches have been high-scoring, with over 2.5 goals scored in their last four international outings.
The victory over Jamaica ended a ten-game winless run, including back-to-back defeats, at the Copa America. Their recent Copa games have been high-scoring, with over 2.5 goals scored in five of their previous six outings.
Although Ecuador has lost 17 of the 26 meetings with Mexico, they have won two of the last four meetings, suffering just one defeat in the run.
What am I backing?It’s hard to judge how this game will go, as neither team has been in great recent form. I believe it could be a relatively close game, so the bet I am backing is the draw.