Mexico v Honduras Betting Preview – CONCACAF Gold Cup 21st July
Mexico will be happy enough with this draw for the quarterfinals of the tournament. After winning their group, the Mexicans remain a big threat in the tournament, even though this isn’t their full squad. Honduras only finished third in their group and failed to score a single goal along the way. While they can be resilient, it’s unlikely that they are going to have enough punch going forward to trouble the quick and enterprising Mexico youngsters.
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Mexico v Honduras Betting Tips
Mexico have looked relaxed and untroubled on their way through the group stage of the Gold Cup, looking positive and lively. They went with a W2 D1 record in the group stage, only being held by Jamaica in a surprising draw in their second match. In their other matches, they posted easy enough wins over El Salvador and Curacao winning both of those games by a two goal margin. You can take a Mexico to win by 2 goals at bet365 for a price of 7/1. But considering that Honduras like to keep things tight, a 1 goal winning margin for Mexico has appeal at 11/5. In the bet365 correct score market a Mexico 1-0 result is right there at the head of the market at a price of 9/2. Mexico will kick off as favourites for this tie and it’s unlikely that Honduras will heap much pressure on them. Mexico have remained unbeaten in their last five against Honduras (W4D1).
Mexico haven’t conceded in their last five against Honduras now and Mexico to win to nil at bet365 is a price of 11/8 and that screams value. Adding some value to that opinion is the fact that Honduras failed to score in their three group stage fixtures, where they posted a W1 D1 L1 record, but the win there was handed to them as a 3-0 victory against French Guiana who had fielded an ineligible player. Their other games saw them lose 1-0 against Costa Rica and play out a 0-0 draw with Canada. So as you can take from all of that, they are not an attacking threat to opponents at all, and even though this young Mexican squad aren’t all that solid at the back, they should hold their own against Honduras. Mexico’s Erick Torres and Martin Barragan are 11/8 joint favourites in the anytime goalscorer market. Mexico won the last Gold Cup meeting with Honduras 2-0 and five of their last seven wins over them have been with a clean sheet. Mexico lead the head to head W21 D8 L6 against Honduras.
Mexico v Honduras Betting Odds
Mexico 8/15, Draw 11/4, Honduras 6/1
Mexico v Honduras Predictions
Mexico to win: More often than not Honduras are well overvalued for tournaments like this and they just don’t offer much quality on the pitch. They have little offensive threat in them and Mexico should have the creativity at the end of the day to get past them. Mexico to win to nil should be big value.
