Ecuador will be playing in the high altitude of Quito, which gives them a huge advantage. They always play at home with high intensity, causing a lot of trouble for their opponents.

In their last home games, they beat Uruguay (2:1), and in 2022, managed to avoid defeat against Argentina and Brazil (both 1:1). They have a young team with a lot of quality, including top players in Europe such as Moises Caicedo (Chelsea), Piero Hincapie (Bayer Leverkusen), and William Pacho (Eintracht Frankfurt).

They are coming off a well-deserved and important 2:1 victory against Bolivia. Their recent performances in the WC Qualifiers have been quite good: they beat Uruguay 2:1 at home and played a very good game against the recent World Cup Winners, Argentina, losing 1:0 with a late goal by Leo Messi.

On the other hand, Colombia is the main concern for this match. They have a lot of absentees for this match: their entire defensive line (Yerry Mina, John Janer Lucumi, Juan Cuadrado, Daniel Muñoz, Santiago Arias, Johan Mojica, Jefferson Lerma) and the goalkeeper Ospina. Furthermore, the second goalkeeper (Vargas) received a red card against Uruguay in their last game, so he's suspended and in goal, Colombia will be forced to use their C plan: Montero or Mier.

Their defense will be plan C and D, as all starters and main replacements are injured.

Another key player, Captain James Rodriguez, is doubtful as he has not been training normally in the last few days.

In their last game against Uruguay (2:2), they conceded a lot of chances, and upfront in the recent games, they are also struggling to score despite the presence of Liverpool’s striker Luis Diaz.

Colombia will field a very weakened team here, not even their B plan. With this number of absentees and considering their recent performances, especially against Uruguay, I can’t see them achieving any positive result in the high altitude of Quito against a very talented and intense team like Ecuador.

The last time Colombia visited Ecuador in Quito, they lost 6:1 in a match which led to the hiring of coach Queiroz in the 2022 WC Qualifiers.

厄瓜多尔将在高海拔的基多比赛，这给了他们巨大的优势。他们总是在主场打高强度的比赛，给对手制造了很多麻烦。

在上一场主场比赛中，他们击败了乌拉圭(2:1)，在2022年，他们成功避免了输给阿根廷和巴西(均为1:1)。他们拥有一支实力雄厚的年轻球队，包括莫伊塞斯·卡伊多(切尔西)、皮耶罗·欣卡皮(勒沃库森)和威廉·帕乔(法兰克福)等欧洲顶级球员。

他们在2:1战胜玻利维亚的比赛中取得了当之无愧的重要胜利。他们最近在世界杯预选赛中的表现相当不错:他们在主场2:1击败了乌拉圭，在对阵最近的世界杯冠军阿根廷队的比赛中表现非常出色，但在梅西最后时刻的进球中以1:0输掉了比赛。

另一方面，哥伦比亚队是本场比赛的主要关注点。他们在这场比赛中有很多人缺席:他们的整个后防线(耶里·米娜，约翰·卢库米，胡安·瓜德拉多，丹尼尔·Muñoz，圣地亚哥·阿里亚斯，约翰·莫希卡，杰弗森·莱尔马)和门将奥斯皮纳。此外，第二门将巴尔加斯在上一场对阵乌拉圭的比赛中吃到了红牌，因此他将被禁赛，而在守门员位置上，哥伦比亚将被迫使用C计划:蒙特罗或米尔。

他们的防守将是C和D计划，因为所有的首发和主要替补都受伤了。

另一名关键球员，队长詹姆斯·罗德里格斯，在过去的几天里没有进行正常的训练，他的表现也令人怀疑。

在上一场对阵乌拉圭(2:2)的比赛中，他们丢了很多机会，而在最近几场比赛的前场，尽管有利物浦前锋迪亚兹的存在，他们也很难进球。

哥伦比亚将派出一支实力非常弱的队伍，甚至连B计划都没有。考虑到他们缺席的人数和最近的表现，特别是对乌拉圭的比赛，我不认为他们在基多的高海拔地区对厄瓜多尔这样一支非常有天赋和激烈的球队能取得任何积极的结果。

上一次哥伦比亚队在基多与厄瓜多尔队的比赛中，他们以6:1的比分输掉了比赛，这导致他们在2022年世界杯预选赛中聘请了奎罗斯教练。