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Group A · Matchday 2 · Estadio BBVA, Monterrey · Jun 19, 01:00 UTC

🇲🇽 Mexicovs🇰🇷 South Korea
49.5%draw 27.6%22.8%

Expected goals: MEX 1.79 · KOR 1.03 · host advantage MEX +55 Elo

SourceMEX winDrawKOR win
Model54.4%24.9%20.6%
Market (Pinnacle)47.4%28.8%23.8%
Blend (published)49.5%27.6%22.8%

Scoreline probabilities

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

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7.6%
5.8%
3.5%
1.2%
1
9.0%
13.2%
6.2%
2.1%
0.5%
2
8.7%
9.0%
5.6%
1.9%
3
5.2%
5.3%
2.7%
1.1%
4
2.3%
2.4%
1.2%
5
0.8%
0.9%
11 13.2%21 9.0%10 9.0%20 8.7%00 7.6%

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.

🇰🇷KOR1821effective
Pre-tournament Elo
1795
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
+26.1
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Son Heung-min, Lee Kang-in, Kim Min-jae.