Mexico vs Ecuador Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026
by Trystan Pugh ·
Updated
Below you can find key stats for Mexico vs Ecuador. From historical trends to player milestones, we have you covered for every match at FIFA World Cup 2026 in USA, Canada & Mexico!
- This is the second World Cup meeting between the teams following a 2-1 victory for Mexico in the 2002 group stage with Javier Aguirre at the helm as head coach.
- They have also met six times at the Copa America with Mexico losing just one of those encounters (W3 D2). The Mexicans came out on top in both their knockout ties in the competition; winning 2-0 in the 1993 semi-finals and 4-3 in a penalty shootout in the 1997 quarter-finals after a 1-1 draw.
- The 2-1 success against Ecuador in 2002 is Mexico’s only win in their 14 World Cup matches against South American teams (D3 L10).
- Mexico have become the first Concacaf nation to win 20 FIFA World Cup matches.
- El Tri have now won four successive FIFA World Cup fixtures for the first time, extending their record as the first Concacaf team to achieve the feat.
- Mexico have won six and drawn two of their last eight World Cup outings on home turf, keeping clean sheets in the six most recent (matches settled by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws).
- Mexico are aiming to win a World Cup knockout tie for only the second time. Their only previous success was a 2-0 victory over Bulgaria in 1986.
- Mexico have not conceded a single first-half goal in any of their last 14 FIFA World Cup matches.
- Mexico’s total of six goals at the 2026 finals is two short of their record of eight in a single edition, which they achieved in 1998.
- With his 12th World Cup appearance, Guillermo Ochoa has now played more matches than any other Concacaf goalkeeper.
- Ecuador have reached the knockout stage for the second time, having previously reached the Round of 16 in 2006, where they exited following a 1-0 defeat to England.
- Ecuador are unbeaten in their last three World Cup matches against Concacaf teams (W2 D1), since losing 2-1 to Mexico in their first such fixture in the 2002 group stage.
- Enner Valencia has surpassed Édison Méndez to set a new Ecuadorian record of nine appearances at FIFA’s flagship men’s competition. He could now become the first player to reach ten appearances for his nation at the finals.
- Ecuador have conceded only three goals in their last 14 competitive matches.
- Three members of Ecuador’s squad play their club football in Mexico – Enner Valencia (Pachuca), Pedro Vite (Pumas UNAM) and Jackson Porozo (Tijuana). Vite is a Pumas UNAM team-mate of Mexico’s Guillermo Martínez, while Porozo plays at Tijuana with Mexico’s 17-year-old playmaker Gilberto Mora.
- Mexico striker Santiago Giménez and Ecuador left-back Pervis Estupiñán are team-mates at AC Milan.
