Match Report
Ecuador went into the game 2nd in the table on 29 points; Brazil sat 5th on 28 — a 1-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 0.78/0.28 for Ecuador and 1.33/0.94 for Brazil (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.02.
Ecuador's unbeaten run stood at 6.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 1 for Ecuador, 4 for Brazil and 2 drawn, at 1.43 goals per meeting. 71% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 0% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha in Guayaquil, with room for 60,000 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.