Where to watch Ecuador vs Paraguay TODAY: online TV channel for date 9 of the 2026 Qualifiers – Composition: Infobae Perú.
Today, Thursday, October 10, Ecuador will host Paraguay at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium in the city of Quito for matchday 9 of the South American Qualifiers towards the 2026 North American World Cup. It will be a meeting between two teams that come from different realities, but they will give their all to get closer to the World Cup goal.
The ‘northern’ team lost one match (1-0 against Brazil) and won another (1-0 against Peru) on the September double date of the qualifying process, but these results place it in fourth place in the standings. with 11 points.
And despite these figures, coach Sebastián Beccacece has acknowledged that his team has not yet found the idea of the game they want, but that they are on the right path. In fact, on his team he has the second highest assister in the competition in Moisés Caicedo (3), in addition to other players such as Enner Valencia, Gonzalo Plata and more.
Moisés Caicedo is Ecuador’s key man in the middle of the field. – credits: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
For its part, the Paraguay team also faces the 2026 Qualifiers with a new technical command. This is the one headed by Gustavo Alfaro. However, they need to achieve positive results, taking into account that they are in the playoff zone (7th with 9 points), but with the possibility that in the next games they could lose their privileged place.
The coach of the ‘Guaraní’ squad will not have all his players available, since Junior Alonso and Diego Gómez were cautioned against Peru, hence they will miss this key match. Along these lines, he will try to appeal to the talent of Ramón Sosa and Julio Enciso.
Ramón Sosa could join Paraguay’s eleven against Ecuador for Diego Gómez. – credits: Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports
Ecuador vs Paraguay for date 9 of the 2026 Qualifiers will take place today, Thursday, October 10, at 4:00 p.m. in Peru, same time slot as Ecuador and Colombia. In Venezuela, Bolivia and the United States (Miami) it will be at 5:00 p.m. Meanwhile, in Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil it will begin at 6:00 p.m. In Mexico it will start at 3:00 p.m., while in Spain it will take place at 11:00 p.m.
Movistar Deportes announced the broadcast of the duel between Ecuadorians and Paraguayans for date 9 of the qualifying process. (Video: Movistar Deportes)
The teams of Ecuador and Paraguay have faced each other on countless occasions throughout history, but if we consider only the last 10 confrontations (between friendlies, South American Qualifiers and Copa América), we will realize that the ‘Guaraníes’ have a slight advantage with 4 wins, 3 for the ‘northerns’ and 3 draws.
The most recent result between both teams was a 3-1 victory for the Paraguayans on March 24 as part of the qualifying process for Qatar 2022. Robert Morales (9′), Miguel Almirón (54′) and Piero’s own goal Hincapié (51′). While Jordy Caicedo scored for the ‘tri’ in the 85th minute.
Goals and summary of the Paraguayan victory in Asunción. (Video: Alex Martínez)
Ecuador: Hernán Galíndez; Félix Torres, Willian Pacho, Piero Hincapié; Alan Franco, Óscar Zambrano, Moisés Caicedo, Pervis Estupiñán; Gonzalo Plata, Alan Minda and Enner Valencia. Coach: Sebastian Beccacece
Paraguay: Roberto Fernández; Juan Cáceres, Fabián Balbuena, Omar Alderete, Mateo Gamarra; Mathías Villasanti, Damián Bobadilla, Ramón Sosa; Julio Enciso, Miguel Almirón and Isidro Pitta. DT: Gustavo Alfaro
The duel between Ecuador and Paraguay, which will be played at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium in Quito, will be broadcast in Peru through the Movistar Eventos 2 signal, which belongs to the Movistar TV content grid on channels 515 and 802 in HD. Movistar TV App, this company’s streaming platform, will also be available to broadcast the clash.
Likewise, this confrontation will be seen in the rest of the American countries through the following signals: Ecuador (El Canal del Fútbol and Teleamazonas on a delayed basis), Paraguay (GEN), Argentina (DSports), Chile (Disney+), Bolivia ( Tigo Sports 3), Uruguay (AUF TV, Antel TV and DSports), Venezuela (Venevisión and ByM Sport), Mexico (Sky Sports), United States (Fanatiz) and Central America (Tigo Sports).
