Match Info

Copa Libertadores - Qualification - Semi-finals

Date: 18 February 2026, Wednesday

Location: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha (Guayaquil)

Referee: Vejar F. (Chi)

Where to Watch on TV:


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Italy	Como TV
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Uruguay	Disney+
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World	Pluto TV


	Barcelona Guayaquil		Argentinos Juniors

	1	X	2
	2.7	3.1	2.6	Watch
	2.6	3.1	2.75
	2.82	2.98	2.58	Watch
	2.87	3.05	2.71
	3.37	2.75	2.41	Watch
	2.8	2.9	2.5	Watch
	2.86	3.09	2.72	Watch
	2.75	3.1	2.75
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.85 ↑ (2.51)	3.01 ↓ (3.05)	2.63 ↓ (2.8)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.00

The best margin for this event is 4.1%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Barcelona Guayaquil
33%

Draw
31.2%

Argentinos Juniors
35.8%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

36.7%

30.3%

33%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Barcelona Guayaquil has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-3.7%)

Argentinos Juniors has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+2.8%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
8.3%	33.3%	58.3%

Barcelona Guayaquil - Argentinos Juniors Predictions

Users Predictions: 12 users predict this event. Barcelona will win (votes: 1 - 8.3%). Argentinos Juniors will win (votes: 7 - 58.3%). It will Tie (votes: 4 - 33.3%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Argentinos Juniors: 30.4% – 86.2%.

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 5 Selected Experts predict this event. Argentinos Juniors (votes: 2 - 40%). Tie (votes: 3 - 60%).

Over/Under & Asian Handicap Predictions by Selected Experts:

AH 0 - Argentinos Juniors (1.82) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

Overall Expert Consensus (including all markets): 6 Selected Experts predict this event. Argentinos Juniors (votes: 3 - 50%). Tie (votes: 3 - 50%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
1. Contreras J. (G) 26. Castillo B. 3. Sosa L. 33. Baez J. 15. Perlaza J. 8. Celiz M. 28. Quinonez Ruiz J. R. 21. Villalba H. 23. Martinez T. 10. Rojas J. (C) 9. Benedetto D.	25. Cortes B. (G) 22. Lozano L. 16. Alvarez F. 4. Godoy E. 20. Prieto S. 24. Fattori F. 11. Oroz N. 10. Lescano A. (C) 23. Lopez H. 29. Viveros E. 27. Molina T.
Substitutes
18. Carabali B. 22. Cevallos J. (G) 50. Garcia J. 7. Gomez J. 29. Medina J. 12. Mina J. 5. Montano C. 80. Nunez S. 11. Parrales M. 14. Rangel A. 4. Vallecilla G. 27. Vargas W.	26. Bravo C. 14. Coronel K. 18. Fernandez L. 7. Giaccone L. 8. Gomez L. 48. Jainikoski F. 30. Morales I. 33. Perez E. 47. Porcel D. 2. Ramirez T. 6. Riquelme R. D. 12. Siri Payer G. (G)
Coaches
Farias Acosta C. A.	Diez N.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 0)
29', Sosa L. 🟨,
30', Celiz M. 🟨,
35', Fattori F. 🟨,
2nd Half (0 - 1)
52', Molina T. ↓, Fernandez L. ↑,
59', Lozano L. 🟨,
61', Benedetto D. ↓, Nunez S. ↑,
61', Villalba H. ↓, Garcia J. ↑,
61', Castillo B. ↓, Carabali B. ↑,
65', Alvarez F. 🟥,
68', Viveros E. ↓, Riquelme R. D. ↑,
68', Lopez H. ↓, Giaccone L. ↑,
70', Baez J. 🟨,
75', Martinez T. ↓, Gomez J. ↑,
81', Perlaza J. ↓, Parrales M. ↑,
81', Lescano A. ↓, Perez E. ↑,
81', Oroz N. ↓, Porcel D. ↑,
90+1', 0 - 1, Porcel D. ⚽,

Preview

First leg.

Argentinos Juniors's form has been unstable in recent games (in the last 5 games, wins – 2).

Argentinos Juniors may have a physical advantage due to more rest days in recent times.

The probability of winning is almost the same for both teams in this match.

In recent times, the teams did not meet on the field.

Last Results with these Odds

Argentinos Juniors - the odds 2.8 are the expected chance of winning is 32.96%, but this team recently wins 13% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Barcelona Guayaquil
Club Friendly
13.02.26	Barcelona Guayaquil - SD Aucas	1:0 ✺
07.02.26	Barcelona Guayaquil - Inter Miami	2:2 ✺
04.02.26	Guayaquil City - Barcelona Guayaquil	1:2 ✺
Ecuadorian Liga Pro
21.12.25	Independiente del Valle - Barcelona Guayaquil	1:0 ✺
14.12.25	Barcelona Guayaquil - Orense	2:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 6.2 WTWLW
- Argentinos Juniors
Argentinian Liga Profesional
12.02.26	Argentinos Juniors - River Plate	1:0 ✺
07.02.26	Racing - Argentinos Juniors	2:1 ✺
02.02.26	Argentinos Juniors - Belgrano	0:0 ✺
29.01.26	Estudiantes de Río Cuarto - Argentinos Juniors	0:0 ✺
25.01.26	Argentinos Juniors - Sarmiento de Junín	1:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 6.7 WLTTW

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