Probable Lineups
Probable Lineups Statistical Comparison
* Values in brackets (x) are overall player statistics in World Cup 1/8 Finals.
Missing Players
Brazil
Mexico
Player | Reason | Status | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
Douglas Costa | Out | 7.98 | |
Marcelo | Doubtful | 7.08 | |
Danilo | Doubtful | 6.58 |
Player | Reason | Status | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
Héctor Moreno | Out | 6.5 |
Team News
Brazil
Mexico
- Brazil boss Tite is without Douglas Costa for the last-16 meeting with Mexico.
- Starting full-backs Danilo and Marcelo are both doubts, with the latter forced off against Serbia with a back complaint, with Filipe Luis ready to deputise if needed.
- Casemiro, Neymar and Coutinho are all one booking away from suspension.
- Hector Moreno is suspended for Mexico having received his second booking of the tournament in the 3-0 loss to Sweden.
- Hugo Ayala should deputise at the heart of the defence in what could be Juan Carlos Osorio's sole change from the side the lost last time out.
- Hector Herrera, Miguel Layun and Jesus Gallardo are all one booking away from suspension.
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No assist for Neymar in the second goal?
@Davisson Neymar knew that Firmino is running on the other side, he was supposed to pass it, but Ochoa touch it.
@Davisson No because the keeper got a touch. Whether it was a shot or pass I'm not 100% sure, but it looked a shot to me.
@Champion Yeah, you're right. it was a shot. If Ochoa didn't touch the ball it was going out of the pitch or at least you would struggle to keep it inside the pitch and nothing would result from there.
Brazil proved their worth, it's either them or France for winning the World Cup. Whoever wins in semifinals between them. Uruguay and Belgium are good but not good enough.
@Patrikovic you're right,Belgium's defense is terrible although they have luxury attacking lines
@Patrikovic Isnt it coming home then? :D
Willian was Brazil's best player today but the ITV commentator Jon Champion has his head so afr up Neymar's diving a*** he was barely given the credit he deserved.
@excalibur Neymar didn't dive really today, normally he annoys me but not today. trod on the ankle isn't nice and probably did hurt quite a lot considering that much weight with studs in a delicate area around the ankle. Willian MOTM yes.
@Champion The Mexican player didn't put his weight down (I'm not saying that he didn't intend to foul Neymar), but he only touched him. You can even see it on the slo-mo replay that, at first, Neymar is rather surprised, realizing only a second later that he could get something out of it. Moreover, it happened right under the eyes of the 4th official, which is why not even a yellow card resulted out of it. So yeah, he did exagerate like he usually does...
Brazil's individual quality overcame the tactical. Also, Mexico's short height attack limits their plays and they're easily stopped
@Tico average height is identical, look at preview template.
I can't imagine how an average Mexican may feel. Another failure in a row to reach QF. Incredible.
@Patrikovic Well, it was Brazil they played against. So the outcome was to clear to be disappointed. Their mistake was to lose against Sweden to give up their good position. Its their own fault.
@Patrikovic Outplayed by Brazil is surely better than losing due to a Robben dive like last time. Think they can hold their heads high after today's performance.
Casemiro is a beast Solid as a rock
@Sinaj unfortunately got suspended
@vcpinheiro14 huge blow
Despite his sloppy defensive work right now Willian is MOTM
@T0ny04 on the pitch
@T0ny04 Complete and utter nonsense. Willian defends better than any other Brazil attacker and has been far and away the best player on the pace. His pace and agility, ball carrying has been brilliant. Stop lying about performances and whining for the sake of it. Willian deserves the highest rating.Neymar has been decent too
@Champion I was serious when I was saying he was MOTM at half time, I wasn't whining. Simply saying he was the best player on the pitch but was leaving space on the left for Mexico and they did use it to cross a lot in 1rst half.
@Champion What? Relax buddy I wrote this comment at half time. If you rewatch the first half you would see that Willian left a lot of space on his flank, almost hugging Paulinho leaving Fagner alone against 2 Mexicans. That's were the danger came from in first half. His second half was flawless. I forgive you for unnecessary aggressiveness.
4 games and 4 different haircuts and colours by Neymar.
@neumi17 and 40 different ridiculous embarrassing flops
@theblackguy and 400 different butthurts of you
@theblackguy He got trod on the ankle. You can't go around doing that. Very dirty play and lucky to not see at least a yellow card. He's actually stayed on his feet this game where a player like Isco would be down.
Mexico
Mexico to win
Result؟
I've given up predicting results in this world cup. I'm hoping for another underdog story, but I think Brazil will be too strong.
@jonezy1234 wtf you talking about
@congthanhgiong his post is pretty straightforward
Brazil win Coutinho MOTM
I smell a close contest here
Brazil & BTTS @3.4
Every WC Mexico goes through to 1/16 stage, and every WC they stop there. This time could be different. Germany, Spain, Messi, Ronaldo are out, why not Brazil against fanatic Mexico.
@Patrikovic Possession type football is out. 4 out of the 5 teams with the most possession have been kicked out ( Spain, Germany, Argentina, Saudi-Arabia ). On fifth place is Brazil. Will see how this works out for them today....
I smell 3 or 4-0 to be honest. Mexico were horrific in their last game and if this goes down the same path they are in big trouble. To be honest the only chance Mexico have is parking the bus with a back 5, if they do that they can be competitive..otherwise I expect 3 or 4-0. For the interest of the game as a neutral and the fact I support underdogs in neutral games I hope Mexico do play a back 5, 3 centre backs and make a game of it by parking the bus and keeping it as tight as they can. We will see.
@Champion Having said that Mexico did play a back four vs Germany, I just think Brazil are going to be too dominant unless they go for a big 5-4-1 bus park considering how poor and frail Mexico were against Sweden (a dark horse)
Dare anyone BET Germany will "100%" beat South Korea? If "100%" does exist in football, then we will be all rich, no need to work.... Mexico 3 - Brazil 2
Dare anyone BET Germany will "100%" beat South Korea? If "100%" does exist in football, then we will be all rich, no need to work....
Dare anyone BET Germany will "100%" beat South Korea? If "100%" does exist in football, them we will be all rich....
@DAI why do u send it 3 times
Brazil 3-1
both team to score?
Both Brazil and Mexico didn't prove anything in the group stages... Especially Brazil in my opinion didn't meet the expectations for "World cup favorites" so far. But teams like them play better in the eliminations, so we'll see. As for Mexico - one strong first game against a weak Germany side and then nothing special against South Korea and trashing against Sweden. I predict 2-1
Very interesting match. Brazil won 2:0 against Serbia and Costa Rica, bu drew 1:1 with Switzerland. They had difficulties to get past any defense as every teams knows how good Brazil's attack is. Mexico won against Germany 1:0, conceded 1 goal against S Korea, but still lost to Sweden 3:0. As they had so much problems getting past their defence they couldn't keep their sheet clean. Brazil's defense is much better than Sweden's so Mexico should use all their basic situations to get their goal. Brazil's defense will be far too strong for them and their defense is far too weak against Brazil's attack. I think 2:0 win for Brazil as they haven't yet scored more than 2 goals in match, but I would like to see more so 3:1 also is possible,only if Mexico gets a penalty.
Pause or Final X
Brazil will win the tournament so of course they win here
If it were CONCACAF or Copa America Mexico would win. So I bet for no 1X2 but a lot of GOALS..
Mexico will win 100% guaranteed
@shihab So you guarantee it ?
Neymar will score and Brazil will win 100%!
2-1 Brazil but we all know, given the world cup thus far, that Mexico will win.
agree, 2-1 most possible score.
0 : 0 ZERO - ZERO
2-1 Brazil to win. Mexico will put up a good fight but Neymar or coutinho will provide sum magic and Brazil will win
Mexico 3 - Brazil 2 Together with Argentina and Portugal, Brazil will be knocked out of this round.
brazil win this match.
@reju3322 Brazil will never win this match