Czechia vs South Africa, Worldcup 2026 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Czechia vs South Africa — Worldcup at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
- Czechia 2 games · 1 pts (2026/26)
- South Africa 2 games · 1 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Tori Penso (USA)
- Assistant 1 Brooke Mayo (USA)
- Assistant 2 Kathryn Nesbitt (USA)
16 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 7.8 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Mexico 2 6 2 South Korea 2 3 3 Czechia 2 1 4 South Africa 2 1 5 Canada 2 4 6 Switzerland 2 4 7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 1 8 Qatar 2 1 9 Brazil 2 4 10 Morocco 2 4 11 Scotland 2 3 12 Haiti 2 0 13 United States 2 6 14 Australia 2 3 15 Paraguay 2 3 16 Turkey 2 0 17 Germany 2 6 18 Ivory Coast 2 3 19 Ecuador 2 1 20 Curacao 2 1 21 Netherlands 2 4 22 Sweden 2 3 23 Japan 2 2 24 Tunisia 2 1 25 New Zealand 1 1 26 Iran 1 1 27 Belgium 1 1 28 Egypt 1 1 29 Uruguay 1 1 30 Saudi Arabia 1 1 31 Spain 1 1 32 Cape Verde Islands 1 1 33 Norway 1 3 34 France 1 3 35 Senegal 1 0 36 Iraq 1 0 37 Argentina 1 3 38 Austria 1 3 39 Jordan 1 0 40 Algeria 1 0 41 Colombia 1 3 42 Congo DR 1 1 43 Portugal 1 1 44 Uzbekistan 1 0 45 England 1 3 46 Ghana 1 3 47 Panama 1 0 48 Croatia 1 0 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Season Stats
Czechia South Africa #3 Position #4 1 Points 1 2 Played 2 0 / 1 / 1 W / D / L 0 / 1 / 1 2 Scored 1 3 Conceded 3 -1 GD -2 0.50 PPG 0.50 0% Win % 0% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Czechia this season0% Clean Sheets
South Africa this seasonCzechia are 3rd (1 pts). South Africa are 4th (1 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Czechia0-151/–16-30–/–31-45–/–46-601/–61-75–/176+–/2■ Scored ■ ConcededSouth Africa0-15–/216-30–/–31-45–/–46-60–/–61-75–/176+1/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Czechia and South Africa has kicked off!
- 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 6' Goal! Michal Sadilek scores his 11 goal in 436 matches.
- 11' Khuliso Mudau needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 16' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 21' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Czechia that had 106 games and scored 14 goals.
- 26' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Matej Kovar made 409 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 31' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Lukas Cerv suffering a number of foals already.
- 33' That looks like a foul for a card for Teboho Mokoena.
- 38' Czechia started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 38.
- 40' The referee shows South Africa player a card on 40.
- 45' Supporters expect more eagerness from Robin Hranac, as he is very good at scoring at Mercedes-Benz Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 50' It looks surprising Czechia does not make any changes. Teboho Mokoena has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 55' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 60' Czechia is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 65' The travelling South Africa supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 70' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 75' Ladislav Krejci was booked on 75.
- 80' South Africa is showing some good football. However, South Africa are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 83' What an equalizer from Teboho Mokoena!
- 88' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 88 minutes.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Czechia Lineups
3-4-3Starting XI
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Michal Sadilek ↓ Tomas Soucek 67'
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Vladimir Darida ↓ Pavel Sulc 55'
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Adam Hlozek ↓ Lukas Provod 67'
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Lukas Cerv ↓ David Zima 78'
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Bench
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Tomas Soucek ↑ 67'
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Jaroslav Zeleny ↑ 55'
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David Zima ↑ 78'
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Lukas Provod ↑ 67'
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Pavel Sulc ↑ 55'
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Coach Miroslav KoubekSouth Africa Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Bench
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Kamogelo Sebelebele ↑ 84'
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Evidence Makgopa ↑ 66'
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Relebohile Mofokeng ↑ 46'
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Coach Hugo Broos -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Michal Sadilek 1 Teboho Mokoena 1 Head to Head
Czechia Form
South Africa Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.19 Czechia xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.78 South Africa xGI would bet for: Czechia or Draw 75% + Under 2.5 goals 69%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 1.97Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 84% 16% ± 1.5 59% 41% ± 2.5 31% 69% ± 3.5 14% 86% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
Czechia or Draw 75%Draw or South Africa 57%Czechia or South Africa 68%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Czechia win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 16.4%1 – 0 15.3%1 – 1 Actual0 – 1 9.6%2 – 0 9.4%2 – 1 7.5%1 – 2 4.9%0 – 2 4%3 – 0 3.7%2 – 2 3.1%3 – 1 3.1%3 – 2 1.3%Asian Handicap — Czechia
Handicap Czechia covers Push South Africa covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 13% 81% -1.5 19% — 81% -1 19% 24% 56% -0.5 44% — 56% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 15% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Czechia keeps clean sheet 46% ✓South Africa keeps clean sheet 31% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.