Ecuador vs Jamaica Prediction & Betting Tips (27 June)

Announced ultra-favorite to win its first match of the competition against Venezuela, Ecuador suffered alone with the legend Enner Valencia excluded very quickly and despite opening the score 1-0, it conceded the defeat by conceding two goals in the 2nd period 1-2. With 0 points on the clock, it is clear that the task now looks complicated for the Ecuadorians who will also have to cope without their favorite scorer for this J2. Note that this selection has never won this competition but still enjoyed an epic performance during the previous edition with a quarter-final. She also participated in the last World Cup in Qatar, eliminated in the group and is trying to qualify for the next edition through the qualifiers. Furthermore, after six days of qualifying, Ecuador occupies a valiant 5th place ahead of nations like Brazil and Chile. For example, only Argentina managed to knock them out on the first day 1-0, for the rest, it's an excellent record of three wins for two draws.

As preparation for this Copa America, La Tricolor lost its first match against Messi's Albiceleste 1-0 but followed up with two victories against modest Bolivia 3-1 and Honduras 2-1. is the 3rd time that Jamaica has been invited to play the Copa America in its history and it will try to do better than its two eliminations in the group stage, but it is off to a bad start following its defeat on the first day against Mexico without taking the fleet 1-0. We can even say that the Jamaicans deserved better preferential treatment by being sequentially dangerous but insufficient to thwart the Mexican plans. Remember that before this J1, the Yellow and Green had achieved two successes in qualifying for the next World Cup 2nd round against the Dominican Republic 1-0 and against Dominica 2-3.

Several important elements are missing from this Ecuadorian selection for this tournament, such as defender and captain Estupinan (Brighton, 38 sel), and Chavez (Lens) who are injured. In addition, midfielder Plata (Al-Sadd), young Angulo (Anderlecht), and defender Arboleda (Sao Paulo) were not called up. However, we still find the solid defenders Préciado (Sparta Prague), Pacho (Eintracht Frankfurt) and especially Hincapie (Bayer Leverkusen). The midfield is provided with the presence of the very good Moises Caicedo (Chelsea) and the important Angel Mena (Leon, 59 caps, 8 goals) who however did not have any playing time during J1. The formidable Enner Valencia (Internacional, 87 selections, 41 goals) only played 22 minutes during the first day (excluded and therefore suspended tonight for this J2). The goal against Venezuela was scored by the interesting Sarmiento (Brighton) while the talented Kévin Rodriguez (Union Saint-Gilloise, 3 goals, 2 assists in the Jupiler Pro League this season) took advantage of Valencia's exclusion to scratch playing time and seems on pole to take the starting place on the front of the attack tonight.

 For this tournament, certain elements remained at home following injuries or non-calls like Mariappa (72 sel, ex-Leicester), Powell (55 sel), midfielder D. Williams (35 caps ), and attackers R. Williams (19 caps) and Richards (Chelsea, 19 years old). For the rest, we find a complete group if we exclude the injuries of Bell (Luton Town) and Andre Blake (starting goalkeeper) who were not on the match sheet for the first match and who could miss this one also. Up front, hopes are placed on Michail Antonio (West Ham, 6 PL goals this season), without forgetting Gray (ex-Everton/Leicester), or even Kasey Palmer (Coventry, Championship), and Clermontois Shamar Nicholson (4 goals , 3 assists in L1), starter on the first day against Mexico.