Mexico v Ecuador, 30 June 2026

Score2-0 to Mexico
RefereeSlavko Vinčić
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Finals - Round of 32
VenueEstadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance80,824

View Mexico v Ecuador head to head

Kick-off was delayed by one hour to 8.00pm local due to thunder and lightning in the area. . Head to Head Played: 29 Mexico won: 17 Drawn: 8 Ecuador won: 4 Mexico scored: 49 Ecuador scored: 29 . FIFA World Ranking: Mexico 14th, Ecuador 23rd . This was the second meeting at a FIFA World Cup tournament: previously Mexico won 2-1 in a group game played at Miyagi, Japan in 2002.

2 Mexico

Manager: Javier Aguirre

0 Ecuador

Manager: Sebastian Beccacece

Goals:

Julian Quiñones 22 G
Raúl Jiménez 31 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Raúl Rangel
Defender César Montes (captain)
Defender Johan Vásquez
Defender/Midfielder Roberto Alvarado
Defender/Midfielder Jesús Gallardo
Defender/Midfielder Luis Romo
Defender/Midfielder Jorge Sánchez
Midfielder Erik Lira
Midfielder/Forward Gilberto Mora
Midfielder/Forward Julian Quiñones
Forward Raúl Jiménez

Starting lineup:

Hernán Galíndez Goalkeeper
Piero Hincapié Defender
Joel Ordóñez Defender
William Pacho Defender
Moisés Caicedo Defender/Midfielder (captain)
Nilson Angulo Midfielder
Alan Franco Midfielder
Gonzalo Plata Midfielder
John Yeboah Midfielder
Pedro Vite Midfielder/Forward
Enner Valencia Forward

Substitutions:

Brian Gutiérrez for Gilberto Mora 59
Santiago Giménez for Raúl Jiménez 73
Obed Vargas for Luis Romo 73
Orbelín Pineda for Julian Quiñones 80
Israel Reyes for Roberto Alvarado 80

Substitutions:

Yaimar Medina for Alan Franco 46
Angelo Preciado for Joel Ordóñez 46
Kevin Rodríguez for Enner Valencia 59
Jordy Caicedo for John Yeboah 79
Kendry Páez for Nilson Angulo 79

Cards:

Cards:

Alan Franco 45+1 Y
Kendry Páez 90+3 Y
Moisés Caicedo 90+9 Y
Piero Hincapié 90+5 R

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Carlos Acevedo
Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa
Defender Mateo Chávez
Defender/Midfielder Edson Alvarez
Defender/Midfielder Israel Reyes
Midfielder Luis Chávez
Midfielder Alvaro Fidalgo
Midfielder Orbelín Pineda
Midfielder Obed Vargas
Midfielder/Forward Armando González
Midfielder/Forward Brian Gutiérrez
Midfielder/Forward César Huerta
Midfielder/Forward Alexis Vega
Forward Santiago Giménez
Forward Guillermo Martínez

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Moisés Ramírez
Goalkeeper Gonzalo Valle
Defender Pervis Estupiñán
Defender Jackson Porozo
Defender/Midfielder Denil Castillo
Defender/Midfielder Alan Minda
Defender/Midfielder Angelo Preciado
Defender/Midfielder Félix Torres
Midfielder Jordy Alcivar
Midfielder Yaimar Medina
Midfielder/Forward Jordy Caicedo
Midfielder/Forward Kendry Páez
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Rodríguez
Midfielder/Forward Anthony Valencia
Forward Jeremy Arévalo

Comments:

Mexico had now become the first nation to win their first four games without conceding a goal at a FIFA World Cup tournament since Italy in 1990. . Despite having progressed from the group stage in eight of the last nine FIFA World Cup finals, El Tri had now won their second-ever game in the knockout phase: previously 2-0 versus Bulgaria in 1986 at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City in front of a crowd of 114,580. . This was the first time that a CONCACAF nation had beaten a CONMEBOL nation in knockout phase at a FIFA World Cup tournament (lost four).

Comments:

Ecuador’s only previous game in the knockout phase at a FIFA World Cup tournament was 1-0 Round of 16 defeat to England in Stuttgart, Germany in 2006. . Since their loss to Mexico in 2002, La Tricolor have avoided defeat in their last three games at FIFA World Cup finals against CONCACAF nations (won two). . Following the introduction of a new law, after a VAR review, Piero Hincapié had now become the second player to be shown a red card for covering his mouth while talking to another player. He became the second Ecuador player to be sent-off in a game at a FIFA World Cup tournament after Antonio Valencia against France in 2014.

2 Mexico

Manager: Javier Aguirre

Goals:

Julian Quiñones 22 G
Raúl Jiménez 31 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Raúl Rangel
Defender César Montes (captain)
Defender Johan Vásquez
Defender/Midfielder Roberto Alvarado
Defender/Midfielder Jesús Gallardo
Defender/Midfielder Luis Romo
Defender/Midfielder Jorge Sánchez
Midfielder Erik Lira
Midfielder/Forward Gilberto Mora
Midfielder/Forward Julian Quiñones
Forward Raúl Jiménez

Substitutions:

Brian Gutiérrez for Gilberto Mora 59
Santiago Giménez for Raúl Jiménez 73
Obed Vargas for Luis Romo 73
Orbelín Pineda for Julian Quiñones 80
Israel Reyes for Roberto Alvarado 80

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Carlos Acevedo
Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa
Defender Mateo Chávez
Defender/Midfielder Edson Alvarez
Defender/Midfielder Israel Reyes
Midfielder Luis Chávez
Midfielder Alvaro Fidalgo
Midfielder Orbelín Pineda
Midfielder Obed Vargas
Midfielder/Forward Armando González
Midfielder/Forward Brian Gutiérrez
Midfielder/Forward César Huerta
Midfielder/Forward Alexis Vega
Forward Santiago Giménez
Forward Guillermo Martínez

Comments:

Mexico had now become the first nation to win their first four games without conceding a goal at a FIFA World Cup tournament since Italy in 1990. . Despite having progressed from the group stage in eight of the last nine FIFA World Cup finals, El Tri had now won their second-ever game in the knockout phase: previously 2-0 versus Bulgaria in 1986 at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City in front of a crowd of 114,580. . This was the first time that a CONCACAF nation had beaten a CONMEBOL nation in knockout phase at a FIFA World Cup tournament (lost four).

0 Ecuador

Manager: Sebastian Beccacece

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Hernán Galíndez Goalkeeper
Piero Hincapié Defender
Joel Ordóñez Defender
William Pacho Defender
Moisés Caicedo Defender/Midfielder (captain)
Nilson Angulo Midfielder
Alan Franco Midfielder
Gonzalo Plata Midfielder
John Yeboah Midfielder
Pedro Vite Midfielder/Forward
Enner Valencia Forward

Substitutions:

Yaimar Medina for Alan Franco 46
Angelo Preciado for Joel Ordóñez 46
Kevin Rodríguez for Enner Valencia 59
Jordy Caicedo for John Yeboah 79
Kendry Páez for Nilson Angulo 79

Cards:

Alan Franco 45+1 Y
Kendry Páez 90+3 Y
Moisés Caicedo 90+9 Y
Piero Hincapié 90+5 R

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Moisés Ramírez
Goalkeeper Gonzalo Valle
Defender Pervis Estupiñán
Defender Jackson Porozo
Defender/Midfielder Denil Castillo
Defender/Midfielder Alan Minda
Defender/Midfielder Angelo Preciado
Defender/Midfielder Félix Torres
Midfielder Jordy Alcivar
Midfielder Yaimar Medina
Midfielder/Forward Jordy Caicedo
Midfielder/Forward Kendry Páez
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Rodríguez
Midfielder/Forward Anthony Valencia
Forward Jeremy Arévalo

Comments:

Ecuador’s only previous game in the knockout phase at a FIFA World Cup tournament was 1-0 Round of 16 defeat to England in Stuttgart, Germany in 2006. . Since their loss to Mexico in 2002, La Tricolor have avoided defeat in their last three games at FIFA World Cup finals against CONCACAF nations (won two). . Following the introduction of a new law, after a VAR review, Piero Hincapié had now become the second player to be shown a red card for covering his mouth while talking to another player. He became the second Ecuador player to be sent-off in a game at a FIFA World Cup tournament after Antonio Valencia against France in 2014.