Brazil v Mexico 2000BST

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Brazil v Mexico

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Head-to-head

• Brazil have won all three previous meetings in the World Cup without conceding a goal: 4-0 in 1950, 5-0 in 1954 and 2-0 in 1962.
• Brazil and Mexico last met in the 2013 Confederations Cup, at the same venue as this game on 19 June. Luiz Felipe Scolari's side won 2-0 thanks to goals from Neymar and Jo.
• However, Mexico have won seven of the last 13 meetings (D2, L4) over the last 15 years - the most of any nation against Brazil during that period.
• Mexico have only beaten the Selecao once on Brazilian soil: 2-1 in a friendly on 31 October 1968.
• Scolari has faced Mexico once before at the World Cup, when his Portugal side won 2-1 in a group game in 2006.

Brazil

• Brazil have won their last 10 matches, scoring 33 goals and conceding only three.
• They are now unbeaten in 38 successive matches on home soil, with their last defeat coming against Paraguay in August 2002.
• Neymar has scored 33 goals in only 50 appearances for Brazil and is already joint-seventh in the national team's list of all-time goalscorers. He has scored 24 goals in his last 29 international appearances.

Mexico

• Mexico have qualified for the last 16 in five successive World Cups, only to be knocked out at that stage on each occasion.
• They have won six and lost only two of their 10 matches under Miguel Herrera.
• Oribe Peralta has scored nine goals in his last seven competitive appearances for Mexico, including the winner in the opening group stage game of this tournament.

 

Any chance you could switch this to the late kick off? It's my daughter's twelfth birthday and we going out for dinner! Jeez, fancy being born in the middle of a World Cup... There's a story about the day she was born too, but you'll think I'm bad

 

Felt the same way yesterday,. Missed Germany game as I was at eldests cricket nets but of course back in time to watch Iran play Nigeria yawn!

 

Fortunately I was on a plane for that game!

 

The only reason I was interested in that game was that I said it would be a borefest and finish 0-0 but I was shot down by everyone else. It's always nice to be proved right.

 

Well I've had complete control of the telly at work, my residents don't mind ..... I think

 

Think this match should be a cracker. Mexico are better than a lot of people think.

 

They have good players but the manager is poor and their qualifying was poor. Easy win for Brazil.

 

Scolari said Mexico was the hardest game in the confed cup, and Mexico did beat Brazil in the Olympics gold medal match.

I'd expect Brazil to win of course, but Mexico may fancy themselves.

 

Not sure there are any easy games. Just look at the results so far.

 

Colombia had it pretty easy v Greece. Belgium will stroll to victory against Algeria as well, I'm sure.

 

Thats what Uruguay and Ghana thought.

 

Is it?

 

Normally I love Brazil, but this year I just really don't like them one bit. Partly because of the diving, but also because in some way they seem to be the figurehead for everything that's wrong with FIFA.

It's probably a somewhat irrational position to take, but that's just how I feel I'm afraid!

 

I want Argentina to beat them in the final.

 

Well I guess it will be all eyes on the referee tonight.

 

Yeah, I far prefer Argentina this year.

 

Well it's a different lot, and though I'm not one of those fanboys with their tongues firmly stuck inside Messi's anus, I think he needs to win a World Cup. For the romance of it. This team is far more likeable to me than it ever has been before. There's no one I dislike other than Mascherano.

LTL's right; this Brazil side lacks a certain dignity which their previous sides have shown. Fred's flop illustrated it pretty well. I love the country, I don't think anyone could put on a more entertaining spectacle than them, and so far they have properly delivered. I just don't like their squad, particularly. I don't want those players to be world champions.

 

I think that dignity has been missing for quite some time to be fair:

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