Mexico World Cup Group Decisive Scenarios, Odds

Top spot in Group A will be on the line on Thursday evening after Mexico and South Korea opened their 2026 FIFA World Cup with huge victories. Mexico opened its World Cup campaign with a dominant 2-0 victory over South Africa at Mexico City Stadium last week. Julián Quiñones quickly got the game started with a goal in the ninth minute, followed by Raúl Jiménez’s first career World Cup goal in the 67th minute after a red card from South Africa. El Tri are now -160 to win Group A, a jump from the -125 they were at before the tournament began. Mexico’s crucial match against South Korea will be its 11th home World Cup match, but the first in Guadalajara. How important is Thursday’s showdown? Here are the main scenarios to win Group A: Can Mexico build on their opening match and make a deep run in this tournament? Let’s take a look at the updated odds for El Tri as of June 18. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you register or place a bet, FOX Sports may be compensated. Learn more about sports betting on FOX Sports. Team Mexico — Elimination Round Final 32: +130 (bet $10 to win $23 total) Final 16: +155 (bet $10 to win $25.50 total) Quarterfinals: +500 (bet $10 to win $60 total) Semifinals: +1,400 (bet $10 to win $150 total) Runner-up: +2,800 (bet $10 to win $290 total) Group Stage: +3,500 (bet $10 to win $360 total) Outright Winner: +5,000 (bet $10 to win $510 total) Mexico will qualify from Group A: -10,000 (bet $10 to win $10.10 total) Mexico Group A Winner: -160 (bet $10 to win $16.25 total) Mexico Top Scorer Raúl Jiménez: -115 (bet $10 to win $18.70 total)Julián Quiñones: +150 (bet $10 to win $25 total)Santiago Giménez: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)Armando González: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)Roberto Alvarado: +1800 (bet $10 to win $190 total)Guillermo Martínez: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)Alexis Vega: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)Gilberto Mora: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total) What you need to know: Mexico has gotten used to being in the running, but never really being there. Does that make sense? Consider this: El Tri has made it out of the group stage in seven consecutive World Cups (1994-2018), but has never advanced past the round of 16 in any of those years. In 2022, Mexico failed to make it out of the group stage, and they will look to get back to winning ways in 2026, as they are favorites to win Group A after their opening victory against South Africa. Mexico will face South Korea and the Czech Republic in its final two group matches. Before the tournament, Jiménez was the clear favorite to lead Mexico in goals this summer at +220. Now, after his header in the 67th minute which found the back of the net against South Africa, he is at -115. Quiñones, who many believe can be one of the breakout players of the tournament, went from +750 to 150 after his goal on Thursday.