Mexico and Ecuador have confirmed their starting teams for their World Cup 2026 last-32 match in Mexico City.
The co-hosts beat South Africa 2-0, South Korea 1-0 and Czechia 3-0 to reach the knockout stage in serene style.
La Tri lost 1-0 to Ivory Coast and drew 0-0 with Curacao before coming from behind to beat Germany 2-1. advancing courtesy of Gonzalo Plata’s 77th-minute winner.
The winners of this tie will meet England or DR Congo in the last 16 in the same setting on Monday (01:00 BST).
Incondicionales,
Que el “¡Viva México!” haga eco en cada rincón.
Que las calles se tiñan de verde.
Que el aliento y la pasión sean eternos para gritar que somos anfitriones, somos locales, #SomosMéxico. 🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/yRtbeJ53Jp
— Selección Nacional (@miseleccionmx) June 30, 2026
World Cup 2026: Mexico confirmed team vs Ecuador
Mexico starting XI: Rangel, Sanchez, Montes, Vasquez, Gallardo, Lira, Romo, Mora, Jimenez, Quinones, Alvarado
Mexico substitutes: Acevedo, Ochoa, Alvarez, Reyes, Chavez, Fidalgo, Pineda, Vargas, Chavez, Gutierrez, Vega, Gimenez, Gonzalez, Huerta, Martinez
World Cup 2026: Ecuador full line up vs Mexico
Ecuador starting XI: Galindez, Hincapie, Ordonez, Pacho, Vite, Franco, Caicedo, Yeboah, Valencia, Plata, Angulo
Ecuador substitutes: Ramirez, Valle, Torres, Estupinian, Preciado, Porozo, Medina, Alcivar, Valencia, Paez, Minda, Castillo, Rodriguez, Caicedo, Arevalo
Where to watch Mexico vs Ecuador: TV channel, live online stream
Kick-off on Wednesday is at 02:00 BST (21:00 ET on Tuesday / 18:00 PT on Tuesday). In the UK, live TV coverage is on ITV1.
Streaming is via ITV’s website and ITVX app, which is available on a vast variety of devices for viewing on the go.
World Cup 2026: Mexico vs Ecuador stats
- Of the 28 editions of this fixture, Mexico have 16 wins to Ecuador’s four (D8). Each of the last three have ended all-square
- Mexico won their only previous World Cup meeting with Ecuador 2-1 during the 2002 group stage, although they are winless in all of their other 13 meetings with South American opposition at the finals (L11)
- As a host nation, Mexico have lost one out of 12 matches at the World Cup (W8 D3), a 4-1 defeat to Italy in the 1970 quarter-finals
- Julian Quinones could become the second Mexico player to score in three games at a single World Cup tournament, after Luis Hernandez in 1998
- This is the first time since 1986 – when they last hosted the competition – that Mexico have gone three consecutive World Cup matches without conceding. They have never kept four clean sheets in a row at a single edition
- This is the second knockout game in Ecuador’s World Cup history, having lost 1-0 to England in the last 16 in 2006
- Ecuador could win two matches at a single World Cup tournament for the second time, after 2006 (vs Poland and Costa Rica)
- They are the second side in the 21st century to draw their opening two matches 0-0 but reach the knockout stage, replicating Greece in 2014
- Enner Valencia is Ecuador’s record six-goal World Cup scorer but is yet to net at this tournament
- Only Uruguay (520) and Canada (488) applied more high-intensity pressures in the opposition half than Ecuador (444) during the group stage
