David Flower
Dailysports's expert
LDU de Quito
Always Ready
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One of the matches in the 1/16 finals of the South American Cup playoffs will take place on Friday at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado Stadium, where local LDU Quito will host Bolivian Always Ready. Here is the prediction for this match from the Dailysports expert team.
LDU Quito
LDU Quito finished their participation in the Copa Libertadores by taking third place in their group, which allowed them to continue their campaign in the South American Cup. In the six group stage matches, the Ecuadorians garnered seven points, scoring six goals. In their most recent game, LDU Quito drew with Deportivo Cuenca (2-2).
Prior to this, they confidently defeated Universitario (2-0) and Universidad Católica (2-1). In their last five matches, LDU Quito secured two victories, scoring seven goals and conceding six. In the domestic league, the team is in third place, trailing the leader by five points. Given the class of the Ecuadorians, they are expected to dominate in the upcoming match.
Always Ready
Always Ready took second place in their group, trailing Medellín by two points. The Bolivians demonstrated decent attacking play, scoring ten goals in six group stage matches. In their last match, Always Ready drew with Tomayapo in the league (1-1). Prior to that, they suffered a heavy defeat to Medellín (0-4) and narrowly lost to Wilstermann.
In their last five matches, Always Ready secured two victories, scoring five goals and conceding seven. The team shows instability, unable to win in their last three matches. In the group stage, they conceded seven goals in six matches, losing only once. However, victories come with great difficulty for them.
Interesting facts about the match and head-to-head history
- The teams have not played against each other before
- In LDU Quito's last five matches, both teams scored three times
- The "Total over 2.5" bet played out in two of Always Ready's last five matches
LDU Quito vs Always Ready Prediction
Bookmakers consider LDU Quito the clear favorite, valuing their victory at odds of 1.20. We believe that in this match, a bet on a confident victory for LDU Quito is justified, as the Ecuadorians appear significantly stronger than their Bolivian opponents. Our bet is "LDU Quito to win with a handicap of -1.5" with odds of 1.68.
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