Mexico vs South Africa, Worldcup 2026 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Mexico vs South Africa — Worldcup at Azteca.
- Mexico 2 games · 6 pts (2026/26)
- South Africa 2 games · 1 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio
- Assistant 1 Bruno Raphael Pires
- Assistant 2 Bruno Boschilia
13 games this season 🟨 3.1/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game 🟥 3 totalStandings
# 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 Japan 2 4 23 Sweden 2 3 24 Tunisia 2 0 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
Mexico South Africa #1 Position #4 6 Points 1 2 Played 2 2 / 0 / 0 W / D / L 0 / 1 / 1 3 Scored 1 0 Conceded 3 +3 GD -2 3.00 PPG 0.50 100% Win % 0% Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history100% Clean Sheets
Mexico this season0% Clean Sheets
South Africa this seasonMexico are 1st (6 pts). South Africa are 4th (1 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Mexico0-151/–16-30–/–31-45–/–46-601/–61-751/–76+–/–■ Scored ■ ConcededSouth Africa0-15–/216-30–/–31-45–/–46-60–/–61-75–/176+1/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Mexico kicks off things out of here…
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Mexico Lineups
4-1-2-3Starting XI
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Brian Gutierrez ↓ Luis Chavez 66'
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8
Alvaro Fidalgo ↓ Gilberto Mora 66'
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6
Erik Lira ↓ Edson Alvarez 76'
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9
Raul Jimenez ↓ Armando Gonzalez 76'
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16
Julian Quinones ↓ Alexis Vega 79'
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Bench
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Gilberto Mora ↑ 66'
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Luis Chavez ↑ 66'
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Edson Alvarez ↑ 76'
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Armando Gonzalez ↑ 76'
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Alexis Vega ↑ 79'
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Coach Javier AguirreSouth Africa Lineups
5-3-2Starting XI
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6
Aubrey Modiba ↓ Oswin Appollis 76'
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Jayden Adams ↓ Themba Zwane 61'
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Lyle Foster ↓ Thalente Mbatha 56'
Bench
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Thalente Mbatha ↑ 56'
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Themba Zwane ↑ 61'
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Evidence Makgopa ↑ 76'
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Oswin Appollis ↑ 76'
Coach Hugo Broos -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Raul Jimenez 1 Julian Quinones 1 Head to Head
Mexico Form
South Africa Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.74 Mexico xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.3 South Africa xGI would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 78% + Mexico to win 67%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Mexico winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.04Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 85% 15% ± 1.5 60% 40% ± 2.5 33% 67% ± 3.5 16% 84% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
Mexico or Draw 90%Draw or South Africa 33%Mexico or South Africa 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Mexico win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 22.2%2 – 0 Actual0 – 0 14.9%3 – 0 10.8%1 – 1 7%2 – 1 5.9%4 – 0 4.8%3 – 1 3.6%0 – 1 3%5 – 0 1.7%4 – 1 1.7%1 – 2 0.9%Asian Handicap — Mexico
Handicap Mexico covers Push South Africa covers -2.5 21% — 79% -2 21% 23% 56% -1.5 44% — 56% -1 44% 29% 27% -0.5 73% — 27% +0.5 95% — 5% +1 95% 4% 1% +1.5 99% — 1% +2 99% 1% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
Mexico keeps clean sheet 74% ✓South Africa keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.