Mexico national football team: results and stats
5 investigationsLatest Mexico national team football matches: every report comes with full stats, xG analysis and the Crime Index of the result.
Current squad — Mexico national team
Goalkeepers
- 1J. Rangel
- 12C. Acevedo
- 13G. Ochoa
Defenders
- 2J. Sánchez
- 3C. Montes
- 4E. Álvarez
- 5J. Vásquez
- 15I. Reyes
- 20M. Chávez
- 23J. Gallardo
Midfielders
- 6É. Lira
- 7L. Romo
- 8Álvaro Fidalgo
- 16J. Quiñones
- 17O. Pineda
- 18O. Vargas
- 19G. Mora
- 21C. Huerta
- 24L. Chávez
- 26B. Gutiérrez
Attackers
- 9R. Jiménez
- 10A. Vega
- 11S. Giménez
- 14A. González
- 22G. Martínez
- 25R. Alvarado
Recent Transfers
- Data not available— joined from Atlanta United FC (2019-01-07)
Mexico Squad: Latest Match
Mexico — South Korea · 4-3-3- 1R. RangelG
- 2J. SanchezD
- 4E. AlvarezD
- 5J. VasquezD
- 23J. GallardoD
- 26B. GutierrezM
- 6E. LiraM
- 7L. RomoM
- 25R. AlvaradoF
- 9R. JimenezF
- 16J. QuinonesF
Mexico vs South Korea 1:0 — Romo's 50th-Minute Goal Won It Against the xG
Mexico beat South Korea 1-0 despite trailing on xG, 0.53 to 0.91.
Mexico — England 2:3 — Efficiency Took The Night
England took the match on the terms that matter most in tournament football: not by owning the ball, not by filling the page with volume, but by striking first, striking again immediately, and then surviving the part of the evening that should have dragged them under.
Mexico — Ecuador 2:0: Possession Went Home Empty
Ecuador held 57% of the ball, took eight corners, and hit the target once all night. Mexico needed three accurate shots to score twice and close out 2:0. A red card for the visitors sealed the evening.
Czechia — Mexico 0:3: Volume Lost To Precision
A rout does not always look like a beating. Czechia lost 0:3 to Mexico while seeing more of the ball and shooting more often — and losing the only duel that decides anything: the one for accuracy.
Mexico vs South Africa 2-0 — A Win Across Three Red Cards
Mexico beat South Africa 2-0 in a match marked by three red cards, backing up the result with an xG reading of 1.46 to 0.07.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the head coach of the Mexico national team?
Per the most recently analyzed match (Mexico — South Korea) — Javier Aguirre.
How many players are in the Mexico national team's current squad?
26 players: goalkeepers — 3, defenders — 7, midfielders — 10, attackers — 6.
How often do Mexico's match results diverge from the xG-expected outcome?
Bravsen has analyzed 5 matches — average Crime Index 47, with 1 scoring 60+ (the threshold for an anomalous gap between the result and the xG model).
Across the 5 matches with calculated xG, Mexico generated 6.67 expected goals and scored 10 — more than 3 goals above the model, one of the clearest cases of sustained xG overperformance among any national team at the tournament on this site. The gap holds across the host nation's entire available sample.
The 1-0 win over South Korea is a contrasting but logical example
The team's single most anomalous covered match is a 1-0 home win over South Korea, Crime Index 63%. Even in a minimal-scoreline game, the team carries an elevated anomaly figure — a detail that fits neatly with the squad's overall clinical finishing: Mexico is capable of winning by the narrowest margin by converting the one real chance it creates.
Average Crime Index sits well above typical
A 47% average across 5 matches shows the clinical finishing isn't confined to lopsided routs — it shows up in narrower scorelines too, a consistent trait of the team's profile across the tournament.