Betting tips Mexico

 Manager: Javier Aguirre
Captain: Rafael Marquez
FIFA World Ranking: 17
World Cup appearances: 13
Best World Cup: Quarter-Finals; 1970 & 1986

Mexico Betting Article

Mexico Team Profile

Mexico, from the North America zone of qualifying, finished second in the CONCACAF qualifying sector after a strong finish to qualifying ensured Mexico would make the cut and go to their fifth World Cup in succession – what would be their fourteenth overall once they touchdown in South Africa. However, it has been turbulent times for a nation which has always been thereabouts in the FIFA Rankings – Currently ranked 17th – with several managers coming and going since their previous World Cup in 2006, but the Mexican’s appear to have the natural born leader they were so desperate for in Javier Aguirre, who has steadied the Mexican ship to guide them to another World Cup after early signs were that Mexico might not even make the cut after a sloppy start to qualifying.

Javier Aguirre really has been a revelation for Mexico, changing the entire complexity of the team which had been massively under performing for several years before his arrival at the helm. He’s found the right blend of players which works for him and Mexico, with a mixture of both experience and youthful exuberance working in qualifying while it has the locals back home all excited about the prospect of a big campaign in South Africa. The objective for Aguirre will be to guide El Tri further than they’ve ever been before in a World Cup and that’s past the Round of 16 stage of the tournaments. Mexico have fallen at that same Round of 16 stage in the previous four tournaments, and fans back home simply cannot take another last-sixteen heartache in South Africa.

Nickname: El Tri

Strengths

A right mixture of combative and inspirational knowledge from some of their more experienced internationals and some of their younger stars, has worked wonders for Javier Aguirre, who masterminded Cuauhtemoc Blanco’s decision to come out of retirement in a bid to save Mexico’s faltering qualifying bid. It was a decision which paid huge dividends as Blanco’s emergence back into the Mexico fold sparked a Mexican revival, while the young stars in the Mexico set up; Dos Santos, Carlos Vela and Andres Guardado have all slowly but surely found their footing.

What you have to consider is Mexico was a team drained of any self belief and confidence, they were on their knees before Aguirre pleaded with Blanco, a Mexican legend, to come out of retirement in a bid not only to save their faltering campaign, but to also provide the new generation of stars with the inspiration needed to kick-start their prosperous futures. Mexico finished qualification with plenty of winning momentum, which leads us to believe that Mexico are well on their way to recovery and that they’ll head to South Africa with plenty of positive and optimistic momentum. 

However, in terms of positives on the field, Mexico’s passing game is second to none. They are quick, slick and damn effective at getting forward at pace and in numbers. Aguirre has got this Mexico team playing some crisp football, very pleasing on the eye, and with some tricky customers within their ranks, players like Guardado, Dos Santos and Vela, Mexico will cause even the most well-drilled defences plenty of problems.

Weaknesses

The sheer fact Mexico are seemingly cursed whenever they get to the Round of 16 stage is a big worry for start – Exiting at the last-sixteen stage in their previous four World Cup’s, but this Mexico team, despite enjoying a strong finish to qualifying, were a team who had to endure several low points during qualifying and often took a while to fully recover and bounce back. They are a team which need a lot of confidence and momentum before their games, and definitely require a lot of love and caring attention from their manager. A bad start to the tournament and it could be curtains for Mexico, as they do tend to be a team which dwell on their mistakes.

Also, we would have to say Mexico are arguably the most wasteful team we know in terms of doing all the hard work in creating cracking openings only yo fluff their lines on multiple occasions. Clincal is a word best used to describe Mexico and if El Tri are to make some serious inroads at South Africa; Franco, Hernandez, Vela, Dos Santos and Blanco will all need to find some inner confidence, and more importantly the goal.

Mexico Qualification for the World Cup

Mexico didn’t get off to the best of starts in their bid to qualify for South Africa, 2010. They started qualifying with back-to-back defeats following defeats away at USA & Honduras, and by the mid-way stage of proceedings, Mexico were in a precarious position after losing four of their opening five qualifiers. However, they finished qualifying strongly, beating Trinidad & Tobago, USA, Costa Rica & Honduras in a four match winning streak which evidentially sent them to South Africa before they played out a 2-2 draw with Trinidad & Tobago in their final qualifiers.

It was a poor start, drastic actually, from Mexico but they finished the campaign strongly with four consecutive wins, a run which didn’t just salvage their qualifying campaign, it sent them up to second in the CONCAFAF qualifying zone table and through to South Africa 2010. The poor start to proceedings was, however, a bag indication that this Mexico team still isn’t at the level needed to really challenge some of the world’s best teams. Moreover, were they to get off to a similarly bad start in South Africa, there could be no coming back.

World Cup Potential: 3/5

The Mexicans have always been a tricky nation to follow in previous World Cup’s. They seem to boast a deceiving FIFA World Ranking most of the time, often leading to El Tri massively underachieving. However, Mexico are one of those nations which are capable of springing a surprise, defeating a big name when everyone turns up and performs. The problem is, Mexico generally disappoint in the crunch games, while the squad Aguirre will be taking to South Africa is arguably the weakest, or at least unproven, that Mexico have had in the finals for quite some time.

Mexico are currently ranked 17th in the world, and that’s generous. El Tri were woeful and utterly helpless at times during qualifying, while some of their big names, their future stars, haven’t performed to the standards expected by the eccentric Mexico fans. There’s every chance Mexico could edge their way through Group A, but the knock-out stage is where Javier Aguirre and Mexico will find one too strong.

Mexico World Cup Betting Odds

Mexico to win the World Cup: 40/1 bWin

Before the World Cup the odds on Argentina were 100/1

Official Mexico World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers

Luis Ernesto Michel (Deportivo Guadalajara)

Óscar Pérez (Jaguares de Chiapas)

Guillermo Ochoa (CF América)

Defenders

Rafael Marquez (Barcelona)

Ricardo Osorio (VfB Stuttgart)

Francisco Javier Rodriguez (PSV Eindhoven)

Carlos Salcido (PSV Eindhoven)

Jorge Torres (Atlas Guadalajara)

Efraín Juárez (UNAM Pumas)

Jonny Magallón (Deportivo Guadalajara)

Paul Aguilar (CF Pachuca)

Héctor Moreno (AZ Alkmaar)

Midfielders

Israel Castro (UNAM Pumas)

Andrés Guardado (Deportivo La Coruna)

Alberto Medina (Deportivo Guadalajara)

Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul)

Pablo Barrera (UNAM Pumas)

Adolfo Bautista (Deportivo Guadalajara)

Guillermo Franco (West Ham United)

Strikers

Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz)

Carlos Vela (Arsenal)

Giovani dos Santos (Galatasaray)

Javier Hernandez (Deportivo Guadalajara)

last update: 18 June 2010

World Cup 2010 Mexico Fixtures – Group A

27/06 – 19.30 – Round of the last 16: Mexico – Argentina: 1-3

World Cup 2010 Group A - Table

World Cup Fixtures and Results

No team from the CONCAFAF zone – North America – Has ever lifted a FIFA World Cup trophy aloft for all to see, and with the USA and Mexico likely to be their biggest players in South Africa, that win-less trend looks set to continue past South Africa 2010. The Mexicans, though, seemingly have the better chance of making some real in-roads in the forthcoming 2010 finals but their tendency to bow out at the Round of 16 is a major concern ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with Mexico having been knocked out at the Round of 16 stage in the previous four World Cup finals.

1986, on home soil, was the last time Mexico evaded the dreaded last-sixteen stage of the tournament, 24 years ago. However, while that may seem a tad spooky and frustrating if you’re a Mexico follower, the sheer consistency of Mexico bypassing the group stage is a big positive and a factor which should fill punters with confidence about the chances of Mexico easing past a Group A consisting of two former World Cup winners and the hosts; South Africa, France and Uruguay. The obvious danger are France, a team packed with quality and gifted individuals, but both South Africa and Uruguay are beatable, the Africans especially, whom have never made it any further than the group stages of a World Cup, while Uruguay, who used to be a big player in World Cup’s in the early days of the tournament – Winners in 1930 and 1950, have rarely even made an appearance since, failing to qualify for the World Cup in 1994, 1998 and 2006 while they came up short in the group stage of Japan/Korea in 2002. On paper, neither South Africa nor Uruguay boast formidable World Cup statistics, at least not recently, so Mexico, who do at least boast some group stage consistency, remain a very good bet to make the last-sixteen part of the competition once again if statistics and trends are your thing.

The problem with Mexico, and the main reason why their price to progress from Group A is so appealing, is their lacklustre efforts during qualifying. The fans back home feel they have a team good enough to be genuine contenders this summer, but the start they made to qualifying for the finals was horrific, losing their opening two qualifiers. Javier Aguirre was indeed their saviour at the Mexico helm. Masterminding a Mexican revival with the help of forward great, Blanco. Mexico, in the end at least, somewhat eased through to South Africa after a five-match unbeaten run in the latter stages of qualifying, winning four, ensured they finished strongly and with qualification in the bag. While it was a bumpy ride, the positive spin you could put on it is that Mexico finished strongly, hopefully turning over a new leaf, and head to South Africa with plenty of form and momentum.

The Mexican team on the whole is a mixture of bright, young prospects and experienced warhorses. Barcelona’s Rafael Marquez will be the chief commander in defence, alongside PSV centre-half Francesco Rodriguez and his PSV team-mate Carlos Salcido. In midfield, a player with huge potential, and possibly a big future in the game, really needs to show his worth in South Africa, as former Barcelona bright-spark Giovanni Dos Santos, who endured a pretty miserable stay in the English Premier League, needs to shine and deliver in a midfield containing Deportivo’s Andres Guardado, another player with a bright future ahead of him, and Alberto Medina, who has scored a few goals in international friendlies in the build up to the finals. Up front, at 37 years-old, Cuauhtemoc Blanco will look to spearhead the attack, passing on his valuable experience during the course of the finals after having scored 38 times for his country in 114 caps. Arsenal’s Carlos Vela has had his fair share of critics in Mexico, and in England for that matter, so he’ll have a point or two to prove, while new Man Utd recruit Javier Hernandez is said to be the next best thing in Mexican football – next best forward anyway – and so he’ll need to match the hype surrounding him with an impressive tournament if given the chance by coach Javier Aguirre.

Do we honestly feel Mexico have solid claims in Group A? Yes we do. While the team has been massively underachieving and under-performing in recent years, the fact Mexico haven’t reached their potential but have still qualified for South Africa is a massive plus point, while it also means Mexico still have plenty of room to peak, and if there run back in Germany 2006 is anything to go by, bowing out once again at the Round of 16 stage after a valiant performance against Argentina, Mexico should go close to having the chance of putting their last-sixteen record to bed. Their first match is against the hosts, so they’ll need a quick and bright start before they take on the group favourites France in the second group encounter.

Were Mexico to bypass Group A with little fuss, it looks likely that Argentina will await them in the Round of 16, thus increasing the odds that Mexico could once again, for what would be the fifth time in a row, bow out at the Round of 16. If they could somehow finish top of Group A, although that would require a victory over France by the looks of it, Mexico would receive a favourable last-sixteen draw, probably against either Nigeria, South Korea or Greece.

Mexico World Cup Bets:

Mexico Top CONCAFAF Team – 6/5 SportingBet
Mexico to Qualify from Group A – 9/10 Expekt
Mexico to Reach the Quarter-Finals – 7/2 PaddyPower
Mexico to Reach the Semi-Finals – 12/1 PaddyPower
Mexico to be Eliminated at the Round of 16 Stage – 5/2 Ladbrokes

 Manager: Javier Aguirre
Captain: Rafael Marquez
FIFA World Ranking: 17
World Cup appearances: 13
Best World Cup: Quarter-Finals; 1970 & 1986

Mexico Betting Article

Mexico Team Profile

Mexico, from the North America zone of qualifying, finished second in the CONCACAF qualifying sector after a strong finish to qualifying ensured Mexico would make the cut and go to their fifth World Cup in succession – what would be their fourteenth overall once they touchdown in South Africa. However, it has been turbulent times for a nation which has always been thereabouts in the FIFA Rankings – Currently ranked 17th – with several managers coming and going since their previous World Cup in 2006, but the Mexican’s appear to have the natural born leader they were so desperate for in Javier Aguirre, who has steadied the Mexican ship to guide them to another World Cup after early signs were that Mexico might not even make the cut after a sloppy start to qualifying.

Javier Aguirre really has been a revelation for Mexico, changing the entire complexity of the team which had been massively under performing for several years before his arrival at the helm. He’s found the right blend of players which works for him and Mexico, with a mixture of both experience and youthful exuberance working in qualifying while it has the locals back home all excited about the prospect of a big campaign in South Africa. The objective for Aguirre will be to guide El Tri further than they’ve ever been before in a World Cup and that’s past the Round of 16 stage of the tournaments. Mexico have fallen at that same Round of 16 stage in the previous four tournaments, and fans back home simply cannot take another last-sixteen heartache in South Africa.

Nickname: El Tri

Strengths

A right mixture of combative and inspirational knowledge from some of their more experienced internationals and some of their younger stars, has worked wonders for Javier Aguirre, who masterminded Cuauhtemoc Blanco’s decision to come out of retirement in a bid to save Mexico’s faltering qualifying bid. It was a decision which paid huge dividends as Blanco’s emergence back into the Mexico fold sparked a Mexican revival, while the young stars in the Mexico set up; Dos Santos, Carlos Vela and Andres Guardado have all slowly but surely found their footing.

What you have to consider is Mexico was a team drained of any self belief and confidence, they were on their knees before Aguirre pleaded with Blanco, a Mexican legend, to come out of retirement in a bid not only to save their faltering campaign, but to also provide the new generation of stars with the inspiration needed to kick-start their prosperous futures. Mexico finished qualification with plenty of winning momentum, which leads us to believe that Mexico are well on their way to recovery and that they’ll head to South Africa with plenty of positive and optimistic momentum. 

However, in terms of positives on the field, Mexico’s passing game is second to none. They are quick, slick and damn effective at getting forward at pace and in numbers. Aguirre has got this Mexico team playing some crisp football, very pleasing on the eye, and with some tricky customers within their ranks, players like Guardado, Dos Santos and Vela, Mexico will cause even the most well-drilled defences plenty of problems.

Weaknesses

The sheer fact Mexico are seemingly cursed whenever they get to the Round of 16 stage is a big worry for start – Exiting at the last-sixteen stage in their previous four World Cup’s, but this Mexico team, despite enjoying a strong finish to qualifying, were a team who had to endure several low points during qualifying and often took a while to fully recover and bounce back. They are a team which need a lot of confidence and momentum before their games, and definitely require a lot of love and caring attention from their manager. A bad start to the tournament and it could be curtains for Mexico, as they do tend to be a team which dwell on their mistakes.

Also, we would have to say Mexico are arguably the most wasteful team we know in terms of doing all the hard work in creating cracking openings only yo fluff their lines on multiple occasions. Clincal is a word best used to describe Mexico and if El Tri are to make some serious inroads at South Africa; Franco, Hernandez, Vela, Dos Santos and Blanco will all need to find some inner confidence, and more importantly the goal.

Mexico Qualification for the World Cup

Mexico didn’t get off to the best of starts in their bid to qualify for South Africa, 2010. They started qualifying with back-to-back defeats following defeats away at USA & Honduras, and by the mid-way stage of proceedings, Mexico were in a precarious position after losing four of their opening five qualifiers. However, they finished qualifying strongly, beating Trinidad & Tobago, USA, Costa Rica & Honduras in a four match winning streak which evidentially sent them to South Africa before they played out a 2-2 draw with Trinidad & Tobago in their final qualifiers.

It was a poor start, drastic actually, from Mexico but they finished the campaign strongly with four consecutive wins, a run which didn’t just salvage their qualifying campaign, it sent them up to second in the CONCAFAF qualifying zone table and through to South Africa 2010. The poor start to proceedings was, however, a bag indication that this Mexico team still isn’t at the level needed to really challenge some of the world’s best teams. Moreover, were they to get off to a similarly bad start in South Africa, there could be no coming back.

World Cup Potential: 3/5

The Mexicans have always been a tricky nation to follow in previous World Cup’s. They seem to boast a deceiving FIFA World Ranking most of the time, often leading to El Tri massively underachieving. However, Mexico are one of those nations which are capable of springing a surprise, defeating a big name when everyone turns up and performs. The problem is, Mexico generally disappoint in the crunch games, while the squad Aguirre will be taking to South Africa is arguably the weakest, or at least unproven, that Mexico have had in the finals for quite some time.

Mexico are currently ranked 17th in the world, and that’s generous. El Tri were woeful and utterly helpless at times during qualifying, while some of their big names, their future stars, haven’t performed to the standards expected by the eccentric Mexico fans. There’s every chance Mexico could edge their way through Group A, but the knock-out stage is where Javier Aguirre and Mexico will find one too strong.

Mexico World Cup Betting Odds

Mexico to win the World Cup: 40/1 bWin

Before the World Cup the odds on Argentina were 100/1

Official Mexico World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers

Luis Ernesto Michel (Deportivo Guadalajara)

Óscar Pérez (Jaguares de Chiapas)

Guillermo Ochoa (CF América)

Defenders

Rafael Marquez (Barcelona)

Ricardo Osorio (VfB Stuttgart)

Francisco Javier Rodriguez (PSV Eindhoven)

Carlos Salcido (PSV Eindhoven)

Jorge Torres (Atlas Guadalajara)

Efraín Juárez (UNAM Pumas)

Jonny Magallón (Deportivo Guadalajara)

Paul Aguilar (CF Pachuca)

Héctor Moreno (AZ Alkmaar)

Midfielders

Israel Castro (UNAM Pumas)

Andrés Guardado (Deportivo La Coruna)

Alberto Medina (Deportivo Guadalajara)

Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul)

Pablo Barrera (UNAM Pumas)

Adolfo Bautista (Deportivo Guadalajara)

Guillermo Franco (West Ham United)

Strikers

Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz)

Carlos Vela (Arsenal)

Giovani dos Santos (Galatasaray)

Javier Hernandez (Deportivo Guadalajara)

last update: 18 June 2010

World Cup 2010 Mexico Fixtures – Group A

27/06 – 19.30 – Round of the last 16: Mexico – Argentina: 1-3

World Cup Group A - Table

World Cup Fixtures and Results

World Cup Group of Mexico