Mexico vs Colombia Prediction & Betting Tips

How each side has been playing

Mexico have won 11 of their last 20 matches, with only three defeats in that stretch and a healthy goal difference of 31 for and 15 against. Their most recent game, though, was a 2-3 home defeat to England at the World Cup, so the run hasn't been entirely smooth.

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Mexico: 20 completed matches; Colombia: 20 completed matches.

Mexico

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

31

Conceded

15

Difference

+16

Colombia

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

33

Conceded

21

Difference

+12

Colombia's record over the same length of sample is a touch more level, with 9 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses from 20 games. They've scored plenty, 33 goals in total, but also conceded 21, and their last World Cup outing was a goalless draw away to Switzerland.

Mexico's overall numbers are stronger, but neither side arrives with truly settled recent form.

Recent meetings between the two

These sides have met three times in the recent sample, and the pattern has swung about. Colombia won the first two meetings by 3-2, both away from home, before Mexico turned it round with a 4-0 win in October last year.

That's not a huge sample to draw firm conclusions from, and a friendly result over a year old doesn't tell us much about where either squad stands right now.

The head-to-head has flipped rather than settled into a clear trend.

Players to keep an eye on

On the goalscoring side, Mexico's B. Gutiérrez has 2 goals and an assist in 7 matches, while J. Vásquez has also chipped in with 2 in just 4 outings. For Colombia, J. Arias has matched that with 2 goals in 4 games, so there's no shortage of attacking options on show.

Mexico:

Best scorers:

B. Gutiérrez - 2

J. Vásquez - 2

Penalty cards:

J. Sánchez x 2

Colombia:

Best scorers:

J. Arias - 2

J. Sánchez has picked up 2 yellow cards in his last 5 matches for Mexico, which is worth noting without reading too much into it for a friendly fixture.

What a friendly like this can mean

Both teams' recent samples mix competitive qualifiers, a World Cup campaign and plain friendlies, and that variety matters here. Coaches often use these games to test squad depth or fresh combinations rather than go all out for a result.

That makes it harder to lean too heavily on the broader form figures for either side when trying to picture how this particular ninety minutes will play out.