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Group A · Matchday 1 · Estadio Azteca, Mexico City · Jun 11, 19:00 UTC

🇲🇽 Mexico20🇿🇦 South Africa

Full time. This result has been folded into both teams' Elo ratings — the probabilities below are the model's pre-match view.

Scoreline probabilities

Dixon-Coles adjusted Poisson model — rows MEX, columns RSA

0123450
5.1%
2.4%
1.0%
1
10.4%
7.8%
2.4%
0.5%
2
13.4%
8.9%
2.9%
0.6%
3
10.9%
7.2%
2.4%
0.5%
4
6.7%
4.4%
1.4%
5
3.3%
2.1%
0.7%
20 13.4%30 10.9%10 10.4%21 8.9%11 7.8%

Model factors

How each team's effective rating is built

🇲🇽MEX1872effective
Pre-tournament Elo
1850
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
+22.2
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Santiago Giménez, Edson Álvarez, Luis Romo.

🇿🇦RSA1678effective
Pre-tournament Elo
1700
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
-22.2
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Ronwen Williams, Teboho Mokoena, Themba Zwane.