FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread

[Cassius55]

From what am seeing on my Tele, honestly Canada were only considered favourites because they are among the hosts otherwise this game doesn't look promising for them as Bosnia looks more of the dangerous team when they come Infront of goal, maybe too early to call but these are among the low scoring games am having on my watchlist.

Inplay prediction Canada 0-2 Bosnia

I see that too, I think Bosnia is a little bit better than Canada, more athletic and very tall players. Jonathan David demonstrate the same problem he have in Juventus team, very boring, sleeping player without strike capacity, maybe is better for him and for the Canada national team that he play as a winger. Eustaqio really great player.

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From what am seeing on my Tele, honestly Canada were only considered favourites because they are among the hosts otherwise this game doesn't look promising for them as Bosnia looks more of the dangerous team when they come Infront of goal, maybe too early to call but these are among the low scoring games am having on my watchlist.

Inplay prediction Canada 0-2 Bosnia

Actually if we just look at the FIFA ranking then it will be shortly clear for us that the Canada team is must stronger team from the Bosnia. And another part you have already mentioned that the Canada is one of the host that can be also favoured for them even then it is in small percentage.

But to be honest I am just amazed by the performance of Bosnia team they already score the first goal of this match 21 minute and still after 34 minute the Canadian team couldn't recover. Even then Canadian team has must control on the ball. And that's why I think Canada may recover themself even then it could take more time it can be also after the break.

[Princess Leah]

Mexico won this game 2-0, which is also not a good result because with the performance level of South Africa, they surely deserve more goals, like Mexico playing against Serbia a few days back and scoring 5 goals, but still a good game for both sides, and Mexico is having a good start now. After 7 days, Mexico is going to entertain South Korea in their second game.

Mexico missing many of their chances is not a positive approach for a team that is willing to progress in this competition. I know they won, but they need to step up in their upcoming games, because the might not get a lot chances like yesterday.

The more intense and core part of last night's was seeing 3 red card being shown at the opening game of the World cup. The surprising thing is that it is not even one of the toughest games we will watch in the course of this World cup campaign, and 3 red card cards were issued in one game. Most people are saying it is the intensity and pressure the World cup carries. I wonder what will happen when key matches are been played.

I dont know what your expectations was but the most important thing is that they won that match and without conceding which was enough to keep them at the top the top of Group A table cause South Korea concede a goal to Czech Republic despite winning. I don't really see any threat to Mexico asides South Korea.

 Am suprised that Canada is currently losing to Bosnia, they're not playing like people that were many spectators favourite, Bosnia look more threatening and has registered better chances. Canada needs to sit up cause they're one of the hosts and people are hoping that they'll do better in their group, losing on their first matchday in the competition would be so disappointing, well there's enough time to do better than their current performance.

[GIF-JOBS]

The game is going well, they are both playing well, and both have started with an attack. It is difficult to say which team will win with the current performance of both teams, because both teams are doing well. In the 20 minutes since the match started, Canada had 2 very good chances, but they could not take advantage of the opportunity. Let's see, now both teams are on the attack, let's see which team scores first. And, like everyone else, I also expect Canada to win the match.

Unfortunately, Bosnia Herzegovina has taken the lead on the 21st minutes with a set peice goal. Canada is playing better than their visitors but they are not creative enough in their attack. Lukic goal from a header separates  both side as the match is still 0-1. Do you think that Canada will lose their opening match to the visitors.

If Canada loses the match, it will be a huge embarrassment for them. they are playing their first World Cup match at home, but if they lose that match to Herzegovina, then it will truly be an unexpected result and a disappointing outcome for everyone. It's true that Herzegovina is not performing badly in the match, but Canada should be in a better position than them, but it's not happening. I'm not saying Herzegovina is doing too badly, but the match is being played at Canada's home stadium, so Canada should be in better form in the match, but they are not able to do that. Now I doubt whether Canada will be able to pull the match back.

[Ruttoshi]

This is the most boring match so far, in the world cup as both teams are playing without any direction of game pattern. Canada had one or two chances of finding the back of the net but they're missing all the chances due to lack of quality.

I feel like sleeping as I am watching this game and I don't think that I will watch the second half because it's a waste of time to me. Let's see if the next match will be lively.

[Die_empty]

Unfortunately, Bosnia Herzegovina has taken the lead on the 21st minutes with a set peice goal. Canada is playing better than their visitors but they are not creative enough in their attack. Lukic goal from a header separates  both side as the match is still 0-1. Do you think that Canada will lose their opening match to the visitors.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is till leading and the second half will soon come to an end. Canada needs to win this match because they are playing before their home fans in Toronto Stadium, Toronto. Mexico made their home fans happy yesterday by beating South Africa. I expect Canada coach Jesse Alan Marsch to come up with some attacking strategy which will make them come back to this game. The visitor will also do all they can to defend this single goal till the end of the match.

[BIT-BENDER]

Unfortunately, Bosnia Herzegovina has taken the lead on the 21st minutes with a set peice goal. Canada is playing better than their visitors but they are not creative enough in their attack. Lukic goal from a header separates  both side as the match is still 0-1. Do you think that Canada will lose their opening match to the visitors.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is till leading and the second half will soon come to an end. Canada needs to win this match because they are playing before their home fans in Toronto Stadium, Toronto. Mexico made their home fans happy yesterday by beating South Africa. I expect Canada coach Jesse Alan Marsch to come up with some attacking strategy which will make them come back to this game. The visitor will also do all they can to defend this single goal till the end of the match.

What I have noticed about this Bosnia and Herzegovina team is that they concede so many fouls, yes they have the job done in the first half because all they needed was to score so that they can break the spirit of the Canadian fan who were very loud
There is still the second half for Bosnia and Herzegovina To hold on and for the Canadian team to equalise or even win.
Canada has had their chances but they have not be clinical in the second half .

[Btcdeybodi]

From what am seeing on my Tele, honestly Canada were only considered favourites because they are among the hosts otherwise this game doesn't look promising for them as Bosnia looks more of the dangerous team when they come Infront of goal, maybe too early to call but these are among the low scoring games am having on my watchlist.

Inplay prediction Canada 0-2 Bosnia

Despite that Canada is one of  the host, the bookies should have known that Bosnia is more tactical because they're the team that stopped Italy from qualifying for the world cup. Even from how the match is going currently, Bosnia is concerned in using an attack to score while Canada is getting more ball possession. Bosnia is not a team to underrate because during the prime of Eden Dzeko, they used to have a very formidable force.

I recall and in-play prediction you made yesterday in Mexico versus South Africa match and it worked because you predicted the match to end 2:0 and it did, let's see if your in-play prediction will also work in this match.

[Marykeller]

From what am seeing on my Tele, honestly Canada were only considered favourites because they are among the hosts otherwise this game doesn't look promising for them as Bosnia looks more of the dangerous team when they come Infront of goal, maybe too early to call but these are among the low scoring games am having on my watchlist.

Inplay prediction Canada 0-2 Bosnia

I am trusting the match to end in a draw match or Canada wins. A goal defeat to Canada in first half, Canada can come out strong in the second half to equalize it, as they will strategize and fill in the lapses they have in the first half. I expect to see something different in the second half, a goal or two from Canada

[Bobrox]

Despite that Canada is one of  the host, the bookies should have known that Bosnia is more tactical because they're the team that stopped Italy from qualifying for the world cup. Even from how the match is going currently, Bosnia is concerned in using an attack to score while Canada is getting more ball possession. Bosnia is not a team to underrate because during the prime of Eden Dzeko, they used to have a very formidable force.

I recall and in-play prediction you made yesterday in Mexico versus South Africa match and it worked because you predicted the match to end 2:0 and it did, let's see if your in-play prediction will also work in this match.

Bosnia more tactical team than Canada and its seeing the first half match Bosnia leading 0-1 from Canada, not fully dominance ball possession but Bosnia created 2 shot on target than Canada but 45 minutes left at second half match everything could be change with Canada possibility comeback and winning the match or Bosnia will play full defense to secure the victory.

I think  Edin Džeko still on the top prime by playing with Bundesliga 2 teams Schalke but for this match he started from the bench, scoring one goal at first half match and 2 shot on target so far I think the manager will play  Edin Džeko at second half match. Interested to watch second half match exactly if Canada can scoring goals and get moment comeback from Bosnia.

[Oluwa-btc]

From what am seeing on my Tele, honestly Canada were only considered favourites because they are among the hosts otherwise this game doesn't look promising for them as Bosnia looks more of the dangerous team when they come Infront of goal, maybe too early to call but these are among the low scoring games am having on my watchlist.

Inplay prediction Canada 0-2 Bosnia

Are you really watching it well?! In this first half, they're the best side who's had better chances of scoring but they're yet to make good use of it.
They're favorite for this game for a good reason. Bosnia haven't caused any problem for Canada so far. They was just fortunate with that goal from corner kick.
My final prediction should be a 2-1 or 1-1.

[Hypnotizer]

I see that too, I think Bosnia is a little bit better than Canada, more athletic and very tall players. Jonathan David demonstrate the same problem he have in Juventus team, very boring, sleeping player without strike capacity, maybe is better for him and for the Canada national team that he play as a winger. Eustaqio really great player.

Bosnia have already taken the lead with one goal and it’s already halftime, Canada had more possession in the first half and they missed some opportunities to score also so probably the second half might be tough and it’s either going to be a draw or a win for Bosnia.

I’d not watch these type of matches again in this tournament, I would watch only the matches for the favorite teams like Spain, Argentina, France, Portugal, Brazil and other teams that are capable of delivering world class performance in this World Cup because these type of matches are really not that impressive to watch.

Tomorrow is going to be really good, we got three matches but the best match tomorrow would definitely be the Brazil vs Morroco match.

[Furious 7]

From what am seeing on my Tele, honestly Canada were only considered favourites because they are among the hosts otherwise this game doesn't look promising for them as Bosnia looks more of the dangerous team when they come Infront of goal, maybe too early to call but these are among the low scoring games am having on my watchlist.

But in terms of performance in the first half Canada did show the advantage of playing at home that made them better able to control the rhythm even though they also missed Jovo Lukic goal in this match.  In terms of strength, they are quite balanced because there are no players who are too striking in their squad so this is worth it it's just that Bosnia even though they only focus on the defense area but they are quite good at taking momentum in this match.

The first half ended with a 1 goal lead for Bosnia but for the second half to be honest I doubt with the performance of both teams in the first half they can score an additional goal because although Canada tried to have possession but their chances were not really good for me in the first half.

[Suleiman the Magnificent]

Despite having home advantage, Canada is not good enough, as their players are not significantly better than Bosnia's. Bosnia converted the opportunity they had and are in the lead. But aside from that, I'm not sure how realistic it is for them to think entirely defensively. If the second half plays out like the first with Canada trying to attack while Bosnia plays with no offensive intent whatsoever, purely focused on defense then Canada will sooner or later find a goal or goals.

[Lillominato89]

Canada are playing their second opening match of this World Cup; they’re losing 1–0 to Bosnia and Herzegovina, but to be honest, Canada are playing much better.
I’m confident; I reckon they’ll turn the result around and win this match.

What do you think? Are you watching the match?

[CLS63]

If I bet on the World Cup today my choice was going to be Bosnia not to lose. And now they are even the winning side against Canada by 1-0.

Canada have much more ball possession but still can't find the target. Tonight the other host of the organization who is USA are playing against Paraguay. They have quite high odds which is over 2.00. How do you see Paraguay's chances against them?

[Suleiman the Magnificent]

In Canada's magnificent attack, Kolasinac quite literally cleared the ball from inside the net. What a position that was. Right after that, Demirovic couldn't score in a one on one situation. The match is genuinely experiencing pivotal turning points.

[Muba20]

This time the rules seem to be much stricter, I never thought that the referee could show a red card in this kind of situation. At the time of the first red card I thought maybe the referee would show a yellow card, but it was red, there were a total of 3 red cards in that match. South Africa got 2 red cards and Mexico got 1. So this time the players have to be much more careful in all the matches, because the new rules are very strict.

Anyway, after some time the match of Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina will start, in this match I have no idea which team will win, because I have never seen their match before.

Apart from the technical aspects, the 2026 World Cup is expected to be the most disciplined of all the previous World Cups. The referees will no longer take the players' unruly behavior lightly. In the Mexico vs South Africa match, the first red card given surprised everyone. By showing three red cards in the opening match of the World Cup, everyone has understood that they have to play fairly.

Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina match has started for you. Canada is a little stronger team, Bosnia is a much younger team compared to Canada. But they started the match at a good pace. Bosnia attacked early and was able to score a goal in the 21st minute. Which shows their attacking style of play. Canada is an experienced team and we are very used to seeing their attacking play. Canada can turn the match around with their experience. I expect even goals in this match.

[Smartvirus]

If Canada loses the match, it will be a huge embarrassment for them. they are playing their first World Cup match at home, but if they lose that match to Herzegovina, then it will truly be an unexpected result and a disappointing outcome for everyone.

This isn’t looking like a game that Bosnia could win. They are most certainly leading right now but Canada has being finding their way behind the Bosnia defense and have had plenty of actions in this second half, could have gotten a goal even if not for the intervention of their captain Kolašinac that found a way to boot the ball up to the cross bar and it didn’t go in. That was almost looking like an own goal but, they got it out.
Bosnia also had a chance to make their lead 2 but, the execution of going round the goalkeeper was bad and the move stopped. The game remains Canada 0:1 Bosnia but, there is still a lot of time on the clock.

[Frankolala]

Unfortunately, Bosnia Herzegovina has taken the lead on the 21st minutes with a set peice goal. Canada is playing better than their visitors but they are not creative enough in their attack. Lukic goal from a header separates  both side as the match is still 0-1. Do you think that Canada will lose their opening match to the visitors.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is till leading and the second half will soon come to an end. Canada needs to win this match because they are playing before their home fans in Toronto Stadium, Toronto. Mexico made their home fans happy yesterday by beating South Africa. I expect Canada coach Jesse Alan Marsch to come up with some attacking strategy which will make them come back to this game. The visitor will also do all they can to defend this single goal till the end of the match.

What I have noticed about this Bosnia and Herzegovina team is that they concede so many fouls, yes they have the job done in the first half because all they needed was to score so that they can break the spirit of the Canadian fan who were very loud
There is still the second half for Bosnia and Herzegovina To hold on and for the Canadian team to equalise or even win.
Canada has had their chances but they have not be clinical in the second half .

I don't know why Canada is finding it difficult to get an equalizer to cheer up their fans and intimidate Bosnia and Herzegovina with their crowd. I don't see Bosnia and Herzegovina scoring another goal because Canada is not giving them that space to hold the ball for long. I hope Canada don't disappoint their fans.