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Ecuador vs Germany Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026

by Trystan Pugh ·
Ecuador vs Germany Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026
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  • The only FIFA World Cup match between the teams was a 3-0 victory for Germany in Berlin in the final group game of the 2006 tournament. Both teams had already qualified for the round of 16, There has been one additional friendly, Germany winning 4-2 in Florida in May 2013.
  • Ecuador’s World Cup record against European opposition stands at P8 W2 D2 L4. They are winless in their last five such matches, having followed back‑to‑back victories over Croatia (1-0) in 2002 and Poland (2-0) in 2006 with a run of three defeats and two draws. Those draws came most recently: 0-0 against France in 2014 and 1-1 against the Netherlands in 2022.
  • Ecuador have kept 11 clean sheets in their last 13 competitive international matches.
  • Ecuador have lost two of their last seven World Cup matches (W2 D3).
  • Ecuador are aiming to reach the knockout rounds for the second time following their appearance in the Round of 16 in 2006.
  • Enner Valencia is set for his ninth FIFA World Cup appearance, which would establish a new Ecuadorian record. He currently shares the mark with Édison Méndez on eight.
  • Ecuador’s Piero Hincapié was a Bayer Leverkusen player from 2021-25, winning the 2023/24 Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double with Germany’s Jonathan Tah and Florian Wirtz. Hincapié has been on loan at Arsenal in 2025/26, playing together with Germany’s Kai Havertz.
  • Germany have lost only two of their 21 FIFA World Cup matches against South American opponents (W15 D4 L2), with both defeats coming in finals: 2-3 to Argentina in 1986 and 0-2 to Brazil in 2002.
  • Germany have won their last 11 international fixtures.
  • Germany have lost only three of their last 16 FIFA World Cup encounters (W11 D2).
  • Germany have started their FIFA World Cup campaign with successive wins for the first time since 2006, when they opened with back-to-back successes – 4-2 v. Costa Rica and 1-0 v. Poland. They went on to defeat Ecuador 3-0 in their third fixture.
  • Despite their tournament pedigree, Germany had suffered group-stage exits in the last two editions. This is their first qualification for the knockout rounds since they won the 2014 competition.
  • Germany’s haul of nine goals in the 2026 group stage after two fixtures leaves them just two short of their all‑time World Cup group stage best of 11, set in 2002.
  • Against Côte d'Ivoire, Deniz Undav became the first German player to find the net as a substitute in each of his first two FIFA World Cup appearances.
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