The Copa America 2024 Group B matches will kick-off with the clash between Ecuador and Venezuela at the Levi’s Stadium in California, United States.
Both Ecuador and Venezuela will be bidding to get their respective 2024 Copa America campaigns off to positive starts when they lock horns at the competition on Saturday.
Ecuador has never won the Copa America, but it has finished fourth on two previous occasions - in 1959 and 1993 - while the national side has made the quarterfinals in two of the last three tournaments.
Venezuela, meanwhile, has not actually been in action since a goalless draw with Guatemala at the end of March, while it has been beaten by Colombia and Italy in two of its last three matches.
Venezuela is chasing a first-ever World Cup berth, sitting fourth in the CONMEBOL qualifiers ahead of Brazil in sixth and Ecuador in fifth and behind leaders Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia.
Venezuela, the only South American team never to have played in a World Cup, aim to return to the Copa quarterfinals after its group-stage exit in 2021.
“I am calm with the training sessions. I think we are in the best shape for the start of this Cup. It doesn’t depend on what we did in the previous friendlies,” Coach Fernando Batista told a news conference on Friday.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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Head-to-head record
Ecuador and Venezuela have met each other 36 times before. Ecuador has a better head-to-head record with 17 wins, while Venezuela has 12 victories, seven encounters ended in stalemate.
Played - 36
Ecuador - 17 | Venezuela - 12 | Tie - 7
Their last meeting in FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers ended in a goalless draw in November 2023.
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