Mexico vs South Africa Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 11th June 2026
Mexico go up against South Africa in a game played out at Mexico City Stadium on Thursday. The upcoming clash will be their first outing in the World Cup.
This is the opening match of the group stage for Mexico and South Africa with both aiming to secure a good start to the tournament standings. Everyone knows this could be pivotal for a strong tournament. Mexico enter their upcoming game placed as number 15 in the FIFA world ranking. There is a bit of a gap to opponents South Africa, who enter the game ranked number 60 in the world.
Mexico vs South Africa Prediction
Mexico Form
In their last three outings, Mexico won 2-0 against Ghana, beat Australia by 1-0 and hammered Serbia 5-1. Mexico won six of the their past 10 international matches, while drawing three of those games. Unfortunately, they experienced defeat in one matches.
Mexico have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly nine in their previous ten matches in this tournament. That is an average of 0.9 per game, in which they conceded 12 goals, or 1.2 per game. They fought their way to a clean sheet three times.
South Africa Form
South Africa have been a tad mediocre in their last three matches where a win has failed to come their way. Against Panama, they got a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Panama, who ran out 1-2 winners. Lately, they managed to draw once again in a 0-0 game with Nicaragua. South Africa secured five wins in their last 10 internationals in all tournaments, with two being drawn, and three of them ending in defeat.
South Africa scored eight goals, conceded ten and managed a clean sheet one times in their previous six matches in this tournament.
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Mexico vs South Africa Stats
- In 16 of the last 18 Mexico matches in the World Cup, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 12 of the last 14 Mexico home matches in the World Cup, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Mexico home matches in the World Cup, the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Mexico matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Mexico home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 South Africa matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 9 of the last 11 South Africa away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 8 South Africa away matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 3 South Africa away matches in the World Cup, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 South Africa matches in the World Cup, the sum of goals was over 2.5
Mexico vs South Africa Lineups
Mexico vs South Africa Betting Tips
It is the beginning of a new World Cup campaign, and both Mexico and South Africa will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.
In their last 10 matches across all tournaments, Mexico won six times, drew three and lost one time. South Africa claimed five wins, drew two times and lost three in their last 10 games across all tournaments.
Mexico are a tough nut to crack right now, with no less than 8 matches without defeat. Mexico are a tough nut to crack currently, with no less than 8 matches without defeat.
Over 2.5 goals happened in three of Mexico’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for South Africa, who scored 1.5 times on average in these matches.
Over 2.5 goals came out one time in the last two encounters between these two teams. Mexico managed an average of one goal, with South Africa averaging 1.5 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet two times in this run of matches.
Mexico scored first in six of their last ten home games. South Africa scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Of the previous 10 outings, Mexico scored the opening goal six times, whereas their opponents were first on target in six of their last 10 games.