Lecceseadublino Football Tips

Mexico is one of the hosts and will play at home for this game. The South Americans met Bafana Bafana three times (but last in 2011): lost twice 2-1 and did a 1-1 in WC 2010. I believe Mexico will finally grab a win. I can see a 2-0 here (so handicap), with Mexico unbeaten in the last five, including a couple of good draws (Portugal, for example).

Good occasion for Mexico. Playing at home, unbeaten in the last 5, only 1 goal conceded. South Africa has just 1 win in the last 5, conceding around 1.5+ goals per game on average. South Africa won't be a sparring partner, but I see a home win.

This might be a close call (S.A. can score), but Mexico is unbeaten in the last 5. They conceded only 1 goal in that stretch. The game leans towards 1-0 or 2-0 to me.

South Korea was unbeaten through the Asian World Cup qualifying competition: 16 games without defeat, 40 scored, 8 conceded. Czechia came through difficult European play-offs, including penalty shootouts. Resilient. Both teams will pay attention not to lose, to secure qualification behind (or instead of) Mexico.

This is the statistically more considered result: South Korea conceded only 8 goals in 16 WC qualifiers. Solid defensive base, reliable attack. Czechia: resilient, used to tight, low-margin games.

On the Over/Under 2.5 goals line, I lean toward Under 2.5 since the game is a tight opener. Both teams are quite organized.

Canada last 5 games: 1??'1 Ireland, 2??'0 Uzbekistan, 0??'0 Tunisia, 2??'2 Iceland, 1??'0 Guatemala; low-scoring, defense fairly solid. Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1??'1 Panama, 0??'0 North Macedonia, 1??'1 Italy, 1??'1 Wales, 1??'1 Austria; basically a draw machine, very tight games, almost always exactly 1??'1 or 0??'0. I think, despite Canada being hosts, this can be a good draw and possibly 0??'0 or 1??'1.

Canada had two draws in the last five and is solid in defense. Bosnia and Herzegovina is a draw machine. They play very tight games, almost always exactly 1??'1 or 0??'0.