Australia vs Ecuador: International Friendly Live Stream, Form Guide, Head to Head, Schedule, Fixture and Probable Lineups

Socceroos had an impressive winter last year, reaching the last-16 stage of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, before losing out to eventual champions Argentina.

File photo of Australia's training session; Credit: Twitter/ @Socceroos
By Sreejith C R | Mar 23, 2023 | 3 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

Australia play host to Ecuador in a friendly match at CommBank Stadium on Friday. Socceroos had an impressive winter last year, reaching the last-16 stage of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, before losing out to eventual champions Argentina. Ecuador, on the other hand, gave a good account of themselves at the global event but couldn’t progress to the knockout round, finishing third in the group behind Netherlands and Senegal. Meanwhile these two nations have face each other only once in a friendly almost nine years ago, and the match ended 4-3 in favour of the South Americans.

Australia began their World Cup campaign with a 4-1 defeat to 2018 champions France, before registering back-to-back 1-0 wins against Tunisia and Denmark to enter the round of 16. Graham Arnold’s side secured an upset win over the Euro 2020 semi-finalists Denmark, courtesy of Mathew Leckie’s lone goal on the hour-mark. In the last-16 stage, first-half efforts from Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez gave a 2-0 lead to Argentina, before the Socceroos pulled one back through Enzo Fernandez’s own goal in the 77th-minute. Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez made a crucial save in the stoppage time to deny Garang Kuol and end the run of Socceroos in Qatar. Nevertheless, it was only their second appearances at the knockout stages of the global event and Arnold can be proud of his team. Socceroos have recorded seven wins and two defeats from their last nine outings in all competitions and the two defeats came against France and Argentina in the World Cup.

Ecuador, on the other hand, had an impressive World Cup qualification campaign, finishing fourth in the CONMEBOL table to earn a place in the finals. La Tri defeated hosts Qatar 2-0 in the opening match of the tournament, before playing out a thrilling 1-1 draw against three-time finalists Dutch. The South American nation needed just a point against Senegal in the final group-match to join Australia in the knockouts but Ismaila Sarr’s opener and Kalidou Koulibaly 70th-minute strike fired the Africans into the last-16. Gustavo Alfaro stepped down as manager after the World Cup exit, despite reported efforts from the federation to persuade him to stay. Felix Sanchez, who managed the Qatar team which Ecuador defeated in the tournament opener, was put in charge of La Tri at the start of March.

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Probable Lineups

Australia

OpponentsScore
Argentina 2-1 (L)
Denmark1-0 (W)
Tunisia0-1 (W)
France4-1 (L)
New Zealand0-2 (W)

Ecuador

OpponentsScore
Senegal1-2 (L)
Netherlands1-1 (D)
Qatar0-2 (W)
Iraq0-0 (D)
Japan0-0 (D)

Head to Head

Last match-resultScore
Ecuador beat Australia3-4

Australia vs Ecuador Live Schedule and Fixture

The friendly match between Australia and Ecuador will take place at CommBank Stadium on Friday at 2:30 pm IST.

Australia vs EcuadorKey Details
DateMarch 24
VenueCommBank Stadium
Kickoff time in Australia4:00 am
Kickoff time in Ecuador8:00 pm
Kickoff time in India2:30 pm

Where to watch Australia vs Ecuador ?

The live telecast of the friendly match will be available on !0 Play and Paramount + in Australia. Besides, those in Ecuador can catch the live action via Star + and Canal de Futbol.





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