Ecuador 2-1 Germany · World Cup 2026
Ecuador beat Germany 2-1 in the World Cup 2026. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Ecuador and Germany met in the World Cup 2026 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Thursday, 25 June 2026.
Goalscorers
Ecuador: N. Angulo 9'; G. Plata 78'. Germany: L. Sané 2'.
How the match went
Germany saw more of the ball, 61% of it. Ecuador had 7 shots with 3 on target, Germany 11 with 3 on target. There were 5 corners in total, 3 to Ecuador and 2 to Germany. Ecuador conceded 15 fouls, Germany 10. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (3 for Ecuador, 1 for Germany).
Line-ups
Ecuador started in a 4-4-2: Hernán Galíndez, Alan Franco, Joel Ordóñez, Willian Pacho, Piero Hincapié, John Yeboah, Moisés Caicedo, Pedro Vite, Nilson Angulo, Gonzalo Plata, Enner Valencia.
Germany started in a 3-4-2-1: Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Jonathan Tah, Antonio Rüdiger, Leroy Sané, Felix Nmecha, Aleksandar Pavlović, David Raum, Jamal Musiala, Florian Wirtz, Kai Havertz.
More from this competition: World Cup 2026 fixtures, results and table.