São Paulo eye first-ever win over LDU in Ecuador, check the head-to-head | OneFootball

São Paulo will have to dispatch LDU from Ecuador to advance to the semifinals of the Libertadores. To do this, the team is looking to beat the rival away from home this Thursday in Quito, a feat they have never achieved.

The Tricolor Paulista has never defeated the opponent on Ecuadorian soil. The team has lost all three times they traveled to Quito to face LDU. In total, they conceded nine goals and scored three.

The first encounter between the teams in Ecuador took place in 2004, during the group stage of the Libertadores. With goals from Paredes, Espinoza, and Urrutia, the home team beat São Paulo 3-0. However, Tricolor won the other match and advanced first in the group, while the Ecuadorian team finished in second place.

Subsequently, São Paulo only faced LDU again in 2020, again during the group stage of the Libertadores. After winning at Morumbi 3-0, the team, then led by Fernando Diniz, lost 4-2 to LDU. Tricolor was eliminated and saw the Ecuadorians qualify in the second position of the group.

Finally, the São Paulo team met LDU again in 2023, this time in the quarterfinals of the South American, and again left Ecuador with a loss, this time 2-1. The Paulista team won the return match, but lost on penalties and was eliminated from the competition. LDU, on the other hand, would go on to become champions over Fortaleza.

Despite the terrible record, São Paulo can cling to the last game they played in Ecuador to break the taboo. In the group stage of the 2024 Libertadores, Tricolor beat Barcelona-EQU 2-0 and celebrated their first victory in the country in the main South American tournament.

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