Our prediction for this match:
Marvel Stadium will host Tuesday’s friendly between Australia and Ecuador, the two teams who meet for the second time in just four days. Ecuador are eager to get their revenge on Australia for a 3-1 loss at CommBank Stadium, and we are positive that boss Felix Sanchez will make changes to the starting XI. Both Enner Valencia and Carlos Gruezo have been ruled out with injuries, with Jeremy Sarmiento joining them in the recovery room. Alexander Alvarado is widely expected to replace him in the starting line-up.
The Socceroos, on the other hand, looked sharp in front of goal in the first meeting between the two sides, and given the number of absentees in Felix Sanchez’s team, home win should be considered once again. Both Alex Robertson and Brandon Borrello are pushing for a start, as well as teenage forward Garang Kuol, who got his name on the scoresheet on Friday.
Highlighted Team (Australia):
Australia are a member of the Asian Football Confederation as they left the Oceania Football Confederation in 2006. The Socceroos made it to the World Cup finals for the first time back in 1974, but they failed to make it to the knockout stages of the showpiece tournament in Germany. In 2006, though, the Australians did well to advance to the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup, but eventual champions Italy proved to be a big catch for Guus Hiddink’s troops.
Australia participated at the World Cup finals in 2010 and 2014 as well, but they failed to impress at the tournaments in South Africa and Brazil respectively. In 2015 the Socceroos won the Asian Cup trophy, with the team beating South Korea in the title game and that is regarded as the team’s biggest success.
Tim Cahill is considered one of the most famous footballers that played for Australia and it has to be noted that the former Premier League star scored his 48th goal for the Socceroos in a 1-0 win over UAE in September, 2016.