Mexico Reviewed World Cup Matches

1:0

Mexico beat South Korea 1-0 despite trailing on xG, 0.53 to 0.91.

2:3

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.

2:0

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.

0:3

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.

2:0

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.