The place to look at the Qatar vs Ecuador World Cup opener in the UK, Unites States, India and extra.
The primary match of the FIFA World Cup kicks off with Qatar internet hosting Ecuador on the Al Bayt Stadium on Sunday. It’s the gulf nation’s first look on the most important stage whereas the South American nation might be enjoying in its fourth World Cup.
Qatar have performed 4 friendlies since October and boast an ideal file. They’re the reigning Asian champions and it will likely be a mistake to take them flippantly. Taking advantage of the house circumstances, the Maroons might be trying to get three factors on the board, with the fixtures thereafter seeing them face Senegal and Netherlands.
Ecuador have progressed to the knockouts simply as soon as, in 2006, the place they gained the primary sport within the group. They’re a troublesome nut to crack and have had six consecutive clear sheets since June. They’ve, nonetheless, lacked a innovative in assault and have scored simply twice in the identical interval. They’re solely six locations above Qatar within the FIFA rankings (forty fourth), which ought to make for an fascinating battle.
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Qatar vs Ecuador date & kick-off time
The best way to watch Qatar vs Ecuador on TV & reside stream on-line
Within the United States (U.S.), the sport will be watched reside and on-demand with fuboTV (begin with a free trial). New customers can join a free seven-day trial of the reside sports activities streaming service, which will be accessed through iOS, Android, Chromecast, Amazon Hearth TV, Roku and Apple TV in addition to on an internet browser.
Followers within the U.S. also can watch the match on Peacock, the Fox Sports activities Community, and Telemundo.
In the UK (U.Ok.) the match might be broadcast on BBC One and reside streamed on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Net.
In India, the Sports activities – 18 community has acquired the rights to broadcast the FIFA World Cup.
Qatar squad & group information
Qatar’s assault might be led by Almoez Ali and Akram Afif. Skipper Hassan Al Haydos ought to slot in simply behind the 2 strikers as a typical No.10.
Felix Sanchez Bas is more likely to discipline a five-man backline and it will likely be led by veteran campaigner Abdelkarim Hassan.
They’ve just one harm concern in Ahmed Alaaeldin, who was changed towards Albania final week with an unspecified harm.
Qatar predicted XI: Al-Sheeb; Ro-Ro, Al-Rawi, Salman, Hassan, Ahmed; Hatem, Boudiaf; Al-Haydos; Ali, Afif
Ecuador squad and group information
Enner Valencia and Romario Ibarra are more likely to be paired up entrance for Ecuador. Pervis Estupinan and Moises Caicedo also needs to begin following their spectacular kind within the Premier League.
Ecuador don’t have any harm issues heading into the fixture.
Ecuador predicted XI: Dominguez; Preciado, Porozo, Hincapie, Estupinan; Franco, Gruezo, Caicedo; Plata, Valencia, Ibarra.