Barcelona will visit Macará at Estadio Bellavista on Sunday, April 19, in a date 9 match of the Liga Ecuabet, with kickoff set for 18:10 Ecuador time and live coverage on Zapping Sports.
The trip comes with both teams arriving from different moods. Macará has lost its last two league matches, including a 2-1 defeat to Guayaquil City in the previous round, but it also arrives off a morale-lifting win over Tigre in Argentina in the CONMEBOL Sudamericana. Barcelona, meanwhile, beat Leones 2-1 last Friday in league play before falling away to Boca Juniors in the CONMEBOL Libertadores on Tuesday.
That contrast makes this match more than a routine league stop. Barcelona is trying to stay close to Independiente del Valle in the standings, while Macará enters under pressure to avoid sliding further after back-to-back defeats in the league.
The last meeting between the sides came on August 17, 2025, when Macará beat Barcelona 2-0 at Estadio Monumental. That result still hangs over this matchup, and it gives the home side a clear recent reference point as it looks to repeat the upset on its own ground.
For Barcelona, the challenge is to turn the page quickly after the loss in Buenos Aires and handle a league trip that offers little margin for error. For Macará, the question is whether the energy from its South American win can carry over into domestic play long enough to stop the slide.
