Honduras v Ecuador: Valencia to ensure La Tri scoop points
Published:Group E’s lesser-fancied folk have their best chance to put three potentially skin-saving points on the board, and on the evidence we’ve seen so far, Ecuador are far better equipped than Honduras to achieve this.
Opening defeats to Switzerland and France have left Ecuador and Honduras teetering. Here are three best bets to consider for this crucial encounter:
What the Ecuadorians have that in their armoury that the Hondurans clearly lack is a reliable source of goals.
Definitely the lesser known ‘Valencia’ to English punters, striker Enner Valencia – not their skipper and Manchester United winger Antonio – has been banging them in since breaking into La Tri’s set up.
His opening goal against the Swiss in the Estadio Nacional was Valencia’s fifth goal in his last six internationals from only 11 caps andthe Pachucha front man should be backed with glee.
As witnessed against England in the pre-World Cup friendly, and then once again during their 3-0 defeat to France in this group, Los Catrachos are far more adept at kicking lumps out of the opposition than scoring goals.
The 9/2 outsiders have only recorded a single win in eight internationals, losing three of the last four.
Ecuador may have been a little short on victories themselves but recent friendly draws against football royalty Argentina, Holland and England showed they’re a talented side.
These sides actually played out an entertaining 2-2 draw back in November giving clues this could be another open contest.
Ecuador haven’t been kept at bay in their last seven games, though they’ve not escaped with a clean sheet in that time either.
This bet would have landed in six of La Tri’s seven internationals.
All Odds and Markets are correct as of the date of publishing.
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