South Africa v Mexico
SOUTH AFRICA V MEXICO ODDS
South Africa Recent Friendly Results
10/10/09 Norway 1:0 (0:0) South Africa
13/10/09 Iceland 1:0 (0:0) South Africa
14/11/09 South Africa 0:0 Japan
17/11/09 South Africa 0:0 Jamaica
03/03/10 Chile v South Africa
17/03/10 Jamaica v South Africa
*Please note as hosts South Africa qualified automatically so they have no recent competitive games
Mexico Recent Competitive Results
11/06/09 Mexico 2:1 (1:1) Trinidad and Tobago
12/08/09 Mexico 2:1 (1:1) USA
06/09/09 Costa Rica 0:3 (0:1) Mexico
10/09/09 Mexico 1:0 (0:0) Honduras
10/10/09 Mexico 4:1 (1:0) El Salvador
15/10/09 Trinidad and Tobago 2:2 (1:0) Mexico
South Africa v Mexico Head To Head Results
07/06/00 Mexico 4:2 (2:0) South Africa
08/07/05 South Africa 2:1 (2:0) Mexico
Team News
Many South Africa stars have missed recent South Africa matches but they should have the likes of Steven Pienaar and Benni McCarthy back for this game.
South Africa v Mexico Match Odds
South Africa have a natural advantage in this match as they are the hosts so they will be the only team out of 32 to play at home. This can often make the difference between winning and losing and means that South Africa will be very hard to beat in the opening fixture of the World Cup.
Mexico are a good if unspectacular team and if they qualify from Group A they will see that as a good achievement. They will obviously see this game as a good opportunity to get three points but they are likely to have to settle for a draw in what will be a tough match.
Back South Africa To Draw With Mexico
South Africa v Mexico Asian Handicap Odds
The fact that South Africa are outsiders in ths match despite having the massive advantage of playing at home means they are probably more likely to get the win that Mexico are. Therefore South Africa rate a pretty good bet in the Asian Handicap given there is little risk with a loss unlikely for the hosts.
South Africa v Mexico Goals Odds
South Africa don't condede or score many goals, from their final five friendlies in 2009 they conceded just two goals and scored only one, a strong indication of unders.
Mexico had few low scoring games in qualifying but that was because they faced some very poor sides, the game that really count are those against USA and Honduras who also qualified for the World Cup. They played six games against those sides and although three games were overs, two of those had just three goals.
Back Under 2.5 Goals
Back the game to finish 1-1
South Africa v Mexico Player Odds
Top Scorers Table To Be Added
Mexico seem to share their goals around, no one scored more than three goals in qualifying so picking a Mexico player to score isn't going to be easy. South Africa probably have the same chance of scoring first and the man to get their goal should be Benni McCarthy, the country's all time top goalscorer.
Back Benni McCarthy to score the first goal in South Africa v Mexico
South Africa v Mexico Half Time Odds
Mexico were losing six of their qualifiers at half time and considering they only lost five games overall it means they are much poorer in the first half and this could give South Africa the early initiative.
Back South Africa/Draw
South Africa v Mexico Best Bet
With South Africa involved the game will surely be low scoring, but Mexico are not likely to be involved in too many 0-0 draws so the odds on a 1-1 draw are looking very generous, and that has to rate the bet of the game.
Back the game to finish 1-1
