Matchday 1Group A
Full TimeMexico City Stadium · Mexico City
⚽ Julián Quiñones 9′
⚽ Raúl Jiménez 67′
Momentum
Minute-by-minute pressure — who's turning the screw
▲ MexicoHT at 45′▼ South Africa
How to watch
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
📺 ITV1📺 STV
🌍 Worldwide broadcasters (1 countries)
🇦🇺 AustraliaSBS On Demand, SBS
Venue & conditions
Mexico City Stadium
Mexico City · 87,523 capacity · grass
25°C · moderate rain💨 2 m/s💧 41%🟨 Referee: W. Pereira SampaioMatch stats
MexicoSouth Africa
61%Possession39%
16Shots3
4On target2
2Big chances0
3Corners1
90%Pass accuracy81%
12Fouls11
1Offsides1
2Saves2
1Yellow cards2
Timeline
- 90′+2César Montes
- 84′Themba Zwane
- 82′Themba Zwane
- 79′Alexis Vega on · Julián Quiñones off
- 77′Oswin Appollis on · Aubrey Modiba off
- 76′Evidence Makgopa on · Iqraam Rayners off
- 76′Armando González on · Raúl Jiménez off
- 76′Edson Álvarez on · Érik Lira off
- 74′Nkosinathi Sibisi
- 67′Raúl Jiménez · Header2-0
- 66′Gilberto Mora on · Álvaro Fidalgo off
- 66′Luis Chávez on · Brian Gutiérrez off
- 61′Themba Zwane on · Jayden Adams off
- 56′Thalente Mbatha on · Lyle Foster off
- 49′Yaya Sithole
- 23′Brian Gutiérrez
- 17′Teboho Mokoena
- 9′Julián Quiñones · Right foot shot1-0
Lineups
Mexico
1 Rangel
15 Reyes
3 Montes 
5 Vásquez
23 Gallardo
6 Lira
25 Alvarado
26 Gutiérrez
8 Fidalgo
16 Quiñones
9 JiménezBench (15)
2 Jorge Sánchez4 Edson Álvarez7 Luis Romo10 Alexis Vega11 Santiago Gimenez12 Carlos Acevedo13 Guillermo Ochoa14 Armando González17 Orbelín Pineda18 Obed Vargas19 Gilberto Mora20 Mateo Chávez21 César Huerta22 Guillermo Martínez Ayala24 Luis Chávez
South Africa
1 Williams
6 Modiba
14 Mbokazi
21 Okon
19 Sibisi
20 Mudau
23 Adams
13 Sithole
4 Mokoena
9 Foster
15 RaynersBench (15)
2 Thabang Matuludi3 Khulumani Ndamane5 Thalente Mbatha7 Oswin Appollis8 Tshepang Moremi10 Relebohile Mofokeng11 Themba Zwane12 Thapelo Maseko16 Sipho Chaine17 Evidence Makgopa18 Samukele Kabini22 Ricardo Goss24 Olwethu Makhanya25 Kamogelo Sebelebele26 Bradley Cross
Match intel
- South Africa are unbeaten in 76 out of their 94 most recent matches.
- South Africa have not won 5 out of their 6 most recent matches.
- Mexico have not won 4 out of their 5 most recent World Cup matches.
- South Africa were not first to score in 5 out of their 6 most recent matches.
- In the last matches between South Africa and Mexico, South Africa most often scores a goal in the following minute bins: 45-60.
- In the last matches between Mexico and South Africa, Mexico most often scores a goal in the following minute bins: 75-90.