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

[Jossque]

Iran will be looking to secure a win against New Zealand. New Zealand are the weakest team in the group and, quite frankly, I don’t think they’ll pick up any points from this match. They’re certainly not favourites against Iran, but they’ll at least have a chance of securing a draw. I don’t recognise any of the Iranian players apart from striker Taremi; the fact that the striker is in good form increases the team’s chances of scoring.

[Umulala-alala]

Looking at how results have been coming up to this point, I think the both teams to score seems like a good market as I have seen this to have 75% landing rate.. imagine Germany conceding against a Curacao team that I thought was only involved in issuing casino licenses but also score against a German side  Anyway plenty of games still to come hope this narrative keeps happening..

Yes, I agree with the choice of this option, of the 11 matches that have been played only 4 have failed, if the average BTTS (yes) odds are 1.8, it will still be profitable. But it still has to be carefully calculated because if you find a match like Curacao vs Germany, there are too many level gaps, which although Curacao managed to score, they scored with a little luck in that match. Now there are 4 matches coming up, the BTTS (yes) option that might fail is Spain vs Verde.

Somehow, u usually see the BTTS option as a simple one, because even though the big teams still wins, they can just concede one and it's a winning for you, but it's still gambling, and it's risky too, because there is every possiblity of not playing too. Football betting is a risk, and whatever we take can be just seen as predictions and anything can happen. But if it goes your way, then you celebrate. Though, as the games are going, BTTS are possibly playing out

Like yesterday almost all the matches played yesterday ended BTTS after from Haiti vs Scotland that ended 0-1 and also Australia vs turkey which also ended 2-0, well what ever option we may choose in gambling is actually risky even the option you will think will play more disappoint even the over 0•5 option which seems very easy to play may still not play as both club might end up playing a goalless draw so winning in gambling is just something of luck nothing is guarantee that's why we should also gamble with amount we can afford losing.

[AprilioMP]

Iran will be looking to secure a win against New Zealand. New Zealand are the weakest team in the group and, quite frankly, I don’t think they’ll pick up any points from this match. They’re certainly not favourites against Iran, but they’ll at least have a chance of securing a draw. I don’t recognise any of the Iranian players apart from striker Taremi; the fact that the striker is in good form increases the team’s chances of scoring.

On paper, New Zealand is the weakest team among the three others in Group G, but on the field, the impossible can happen. Facing Iran, I mean, New Zealand could defy all odds, given that Iran is currently in a difficult situation with the United States.

What’s actually interesting isn’t the Iran vs. New Zealand match, but the Belgium vs. Egypt match—though betting on Belgium vs. Egypt is extremely risky.

[m4r1o]

This year's World cup journey has just begun. But we have already seen unexpected  results in several matches. Brazil failed to win against morocco. Turkey lost 2-0  against australia. This was also an unexpected result for me. We know that the switzerland team is quite strong. But they failed to  win even against weaker  opponents like Qatar. Switzerland managed to score only one goal from the penalty spot. There was no  shortage of effort from Switzerland's players to score. But the finish was poor.

I believe that to see the truly good matches we still have to wait, it is too early to define who will be the champion and who is the strongest team, but apart from the European ones there are practically very few teams that can compete for this world championship which for now is disappointing everyone.

[X-ray]

Belgium vs Egypt will be happening very soon. I rated both are equally each other. The last time these two clubs were beating each other during the international friendlies. That's why it's hard to decide which club to win, though the odds is in favor Belgium to win.

If we're measuring the result based on squad composition. Belgium is clearly being rated higher because they have so many stars in their squad. However, they ere always facing difficulty when try to beat Egyp during the international friendly.

So it's possible for this game to end with draw as the result. I prefer to take total goal for the bet instead of doing money line. at least two - three goals to be produced from this game. So total over 2.5 seems a good bet to take. What do you think guys?

[tiCeR]

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Japan vs. the Netherlands ended in a 2-2 draw, and now they each have three points. Of course, they were in a tight match, and finally, Daichi Kamada was certainly a hero for Japan because he scored a goal in the 89th minute that ultimately resulted in a draw. If he hadn't scored, Japan would have definitely lost to the Netherlands. Japan is currently ranked first in Group F, and this certainly makes me curious about who will replace Japan or whether they will maintain their position in first place.

In this match, I lost my bet because I thought Japan would win, but it turned out Japan couldn't get three points. Now, Japan and the Netherlands must definitely try harder in their upcoming matches. In my opinion, World Cup matches are very difficult to predict. Do you also find it difficult to bet on World Cup matches?

Japan vs. Netherlands ended 2-2, now each have three points? What kind of sport are you talking about where a draw gives you three points?  

Then you go on to say that you lost a bet because Japan couldn't get three points.

You should maybe find other sports where you know the rules and understand who gets what given the results of the matches.

Japan has played much better than I thought they would and it is probably not very common for the Japanese team to score headers and what makes this so impressive is that it was a corner against the Netherlands who I think have some of the strongest defenders in the world regarding defensive headers. van Dijk, Dumfries, van Hecke, van de Ven. These guys are on average taller than 1.90m. Let it be said in their favour that Kamada is not the smallest Japanese player, but they should still defend it.

[pewboy]

Yann Diamonde is a big problem for the Ecuador defenders they should be careful and mark him closely cause he's dangerous with ball, he was the best player from the Ivorian side so far and if  they later score it might likely be by him or through his effort. I think Ivory Coast coach should make changes in the second half so the booked players doesn't concede a red.

you came very close, i must say that for now the teams that are playing in the World Cup are not performing very well, apart from a few exceptions, i must say that the level is very low, certainly the strongest teams have not yet played, certainly, but the only one that has surprised me so far is Japan.

[Hewlet]

This year's World cup journey has just begun. But we have already seen unexpected  results in several matches. Brazil failed to win against morocco. Turkey lost 2-0  against australia. This was also an unexpected result for me. We know that the switzerland team is quite strong. But they failed to  win even against weaker  opponents like Qatar. Switzerland managed to score only one goal from the penalty spot. There was no  shortage of effort from Switzerland's players to score. But the finish was poor.

I believe that to see the truly good matches we still have to wait, it is too early to define who will be the champion and who is the strongest team, but apart from the European ones there are practically very few teams that can compete for this world championship which for now is disappointing everyone.

Bro we are seeing teams that have been underrated because they are probably not from a football friendly nation doing really well so far and you think this edition of the world cup going to be all about the English teams? be sure to get a shocker. i feel it is too early to make any conclusion yet because teams are just getting into the competition and from the second and third leg of the group stage fixtures, you will start to see teams putting in real fight to defend their spot in the next phase. Spain will play today and we all know that they are that team that you surely expect something big from. the journey is still far ahead, it is still any mans game.

[Jostern]

Graham Potter man, rewriting the records with Sweden in this FIFA World Cup Competition.

The road to this world cup competition was amazingly great, now the opening game of the tournament has seen such remarkable victory for Sweden winning in a landslide this early morning against the African side Tunisia.

Viktor Gyökeres and Alexander Isak are big names which shined during the game banging goals. Excited for them but most importantly, Graham Potter.

Nobody expected Sweden to be at the World Cup, they had a terrible run during the qualifying phase of the World Cup, and up till now I still don’t understand how they were able to qualify for the World Cup.

Hungry had a good run for them, and still they didn’t qualify for the playoffs in the Europe qualifying playoffs so it was a very tough run for Sweden and still they made it to the World Cup.

Kosovo who had a good run in the qualifying stages, and finished ahead of Sweden didn’t make it to the World Cup and Sweden who had a terrible run are in the World Cup.

However Sweden are expected to beat Tunisia, Sweden are a better team who are performing very well because they had some players coming back from injury.

[banana33]

Curaçao team is playing there first ever FIFA world cup football and they have made a history by becoming the smallest country to play the FIFA world cup. Germany is a strong team but still Livano Comenencia from Curaçao was able to score the equaliser in 21st minute which brought their fans on their feet. Curaçao defence was not good and that allowed Germans to score 7 goals in the match. Germans were able to beat Brazil with same scoreline in 2014 FIFA world cup and if they can do this with Brazil then Curaçao is still a very new team in FIFA world cup.

history has been made, we are all happy with what is happening, but in any case after he scored a goal they were literally overwhelmed by Germany and this cannot be underestimated, it makes me cry to see such shamefully poor teams make such a impression, and then glorious national teams like Italy didn't even manage to qualify.

[Catenaccio]

Nobody expected Sweden to be at the World Cup, they had a terrible run during the qualifying phase of the World Cup, and up till now I still don’t understand how they were able to qualify for the World Cup.

Hungry had a good run for them, and still they didn’t qualify for the playoffs in the Europe qualifying playoffs so it was a very tough run for Sweden and still they made it to the World Cup.

Denmark won Euro 1992 as an special invited team at the very last minutes before that tournament and Sweden made big surprised by winning World Cup playoff matches, went to the World Cup 2026 and won a first match impressively too. It's hard and still too early to predict that Sweden can go far in this World Cup or they will win this trophy, but even with only a first match, impression they made is considerable. Congrats to Swedish!

Japan vs. Netherlands ended 2-2, now each have three points? What kind of sport are you talking about where a draw gives you three points?  

Then you go on to say that you lost a bet because Japan couldn't get three points.

You should maybe find other sports where you know the rules and understand who gets what given the results of the matches.

Japan has played much better than I thought they would and it is probably not very common for the Japanese team to score headers and what makes this so impressive is that it was a corner against the Netherlands who I think have some of the strongest defenders in the world regarding defensive headers. van Dijk, Dumfries, van Hecke, van de Ven. These guys are on average taller than 1.90m. Let it be said in their favour that Kamada is not the smallest Japanese player, but they should still defend it.

Japan had to chase Netherlands two times but they played well and equalized the match from 1 - 1 to 2 - 2, and how they played in this match is more important. Their performance shows that Japan are actually strong mentally and have very good quality, they only need enough luck to go far in this World Cup and repeat success of South Korea in World Cup 2002 with semi final round. In many international friendly matches recent years, Japan already shown their high quality and they're not far from highest world class level.

[yixichloro2xx]

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Japan vs. the Netherlands ended in a 2-2 draw, and now they each have three points. Of course, they were in a tight match, and finally, Daichi Kamada was certainly a hero for Japan because he scored a goal in the 89th minute that ultimately resulted in a draw. If he hadn't scored, Japan would have definitely lost to the Netherlands. Japan is currently ranked first in Group F, and this certainly makes me curious about who will replace Japan or whether they will maintain their position in first place.?

I think you are a fan of Japan in this world cup; no wonder you are hyping them this much even when another match was about to be played between Sweden and Tunisia in the same group, which happened to be one of the most intriguing matches in this world cup opening matches. I also wonder where you saw Japan and the Netherlands sharing 3 points despite drawing. Well, that's by the way. What happened yesterday was not expected, as the Netherlands was supposed to win. It even shows how weak their defense is for allowing Kamada to score again in that crucial time. I think the Netherlands of old is gone, so we should see a low performance this time.

Yesterday game between Japan and Netherlands was so interesting, unlike the previous games that have been played before which I didn't really enjoyed. Japan team always perform extraordinary whenever they are playing in the world cup. They don't have a big star squad but they can beat any top teams , they are always one of the dark horses during the world cup. They have one of the best underrated squad. It's just so sad that they don't usually get past Quarter finals, I hope they can do that in this edition. To me the quality of the Netherlands squad has really been good, they usually Play well to be honest but i don't always count them as one the favorites to win the world cup.

[davis196]

I'm gonna start betting money on World Cup matches after the elimination phase starts. I have the feeling that I'm about to make a mistake with some of my bets, if I bet on matches in the group stage. Betting on the obvious favorites, like Germany versus Curacao seems like a no brainer, but such bets seem really boring. I've had the feeling that Netherlands is going to win against Japan, but I didn't bet money and my decision to stay away from betting on that match was right. Who thinks that Spain would underestimate Cabo Verde or Belgium would underestimate Egypt? Having teams like Curacao and Cabo Verde playing at World Cup finals is a f***ing joke, but FIFA wants more sponsors, ads, TV revenue and ticket sales.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

One of the clips I've seen so far from this 2026 world Cup
😂, it's a video clip where a man instead of cheering for his national team to win the match, he was rather busy feeding his eyes and brain with someone else as we all can see in the screenshot above..

Maybe this is why Brazil could not beat Morocco and that lead to me losing four different parley bets where one of the legs was Brazil to beat Morocco in their encounter last week.

This is not something I consider very serious to discuss but just for fun, I think this man will have alot of explanation to give to his wife and family when he returns back to them from the world Cup 😂😂

Watch the clip here - https://x.com/i/status/2066438665937576149

[Mayor of ogba]

Looking at how results have been coming up to this point, I think the both teams to score seems like a good market as I have seen this to have 75% landing rate.. imagine Germany conceding against a Curacao team that I thought was only involved in issuing casino licenses but also score against a German side  Anyway plenty of games still to come hope this narrative keeps happening..

Predicting direct winnings in this year's World Cup is a little bit hard, I totally agree on your point that both teams to score seems like a good market, because there's a friend of mine who bet on both teams to score his predictions played but this bet went side ways because he bet on Switzerland to win Qatar. I will try the both teams to score option today to see how it will turn out to be.

[len01]

Belgium vs Egypt will be happening very soon. I rated both are equally each other. The last time these two clubs were beating each other during the international friendlies. That's why it's hard to decide which club to win, though the odds is in favor Belgium to win.

If we're measuring the result based on squad composition. Belgium is clearly being rated higher because they have so many stars in their squad. However, they ere always facing difficulty when try to beat Egyp during the international friendly.

So it's possible for this game to end with draw as the result. I prefer to take total goal for the bet instead of doing money line. at least two - three goals to be produced from this game. So total over 2.5 seems a good bet to take. What do you think guys?

In this match, I prefer Belgium to win, even though Egypt's defense is undeniable. You probably already know the reason, as Belgium boasts star players with quality talent and is likely capable of beating Egypt by a narrow margin. My prediction is that Belgium will likely score early, and Egypt will put up at least one fight. So, a 2-1 score is still possible.

One of the clips I've seen so far from this 2026 world Cup

This is the furthest by far.  Maybe the man was too tense and needed some refreshment. Lol

[MArsland]

Yann Diamonde is a big problem for the Ecuador defenders they should be careful and mark him closely cause he's dangerous with ball, he was the best player from the Ivorian side so far and if  they later score it might likely be by him or through his effort. I think Ivory Coast coach should make changes in the second half so the booked players doesn't concede a red.

you came very close, i must say that for now the teams that are playing in the World Cup are not performing very well, apart from a few exceptions, i must say that the level is very low, certainly the strongest teams have not yet played, certainly, but the only one that has surprised me so far is Japan.

I thought after it was 2-1 and Japan were behind, I turned off the television in the 85th minute and assumed Japan had lost, but when I woke up, I found it was 2-2. Damn I didn't think Japan could do it in the final minutes, with a draw my hopes for Japan are optimistic again. At least in group F Japan still has a chance to fight for the runner up spot.

[Brizi5000]

I'm gonna start betting money on World Cup matches after the elimination phase starts. I have the feeling that I'm about to make a mistake with some of my bets, if I bet on matches in the group stage. Betting on the obvious favorites, like Germany versus Curacao seems like a no brainer, but such bets seem really boring. I've had the feeling that Netherlands is going to win against Japan, but I didn't bet money and my decision to stay away from betting on that match was right. Who thinks that Spain would underestimate Cabo Verde or Belgium would underestimate Egypt? Having teams like Curacao and Cabo Verde playing at World Cup finals is a f***ing joke, but FIFA wants more sponsors, ads, TV revenue and ticket sales.

I think this Cape Verde team is going to be one of the surprise teams to watch out for in this World Cup. I’ve been following this team up for the past few years now and i think they are really putting in some strong performances In their football recently. They have shown some great performances during the qualifiers and also a previous Afcon tournament beating some big guns. It’s a small country on the island and most of their players have been playing together for awhile now, for them to have qualified for this World Cup and book a spot among the 10 African countries participating in this World Cup it shows that they are not a team to overlook.

[KTChampions]

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Japan vs. the Netherlands ended in a 2-2 draw, and now they each have three points. Of course, they were in a tight match, and finally, Daichi Kamada was certainly a hero for Japan because he scored a goal in the 89th minute that ultimately resulted in a draw. If he hadn't scored, Japan would have definitely lost to the Netherlands. Japan is currently ranked first in Group F, and this certainly makes me curious about who will replace Japan or whether they will maintain their position in first place.

In this match, I lost my bet because I thought Japan would win, but it turned out Japan couldn't get three points. Now, Japan and the Netherlands must definitely try harder in their upcoming matches. In my opinion, World Cup matches are very difficult to predict. Do you also find it difficult to bet on World Cup matches?

I thought they give one point for a draw. I'll go check the rules. Maybe they changed everything at this World Cup and here 
Overall, an interesting result (against the backdrop of Sweden's major victory) in terms of future prospects of qualifying. Now it seems to me that Japan and the Netherlands will definitely win against Tunisia, and they will try to do it by a large margin, i.e. Tunisia will finish with 0 points. It is unclear whether the wretched Sweden will be able to maintain their current advantage in head-to-head matches.

[Pandu Geddon]

Spain and France have very high-quality squads and are among the favorites in the tournament. We can expect to see the full performance of many teams in the group matches, and whether a surprise team will emerge is also an important point.

For the surprise team, I still can't see who will really be the dark horse in the matches that have been played. But looking at Australia's and Japan's performance, in the group stage, they might also deserve some attention. Even though they didn't win, Japan played amazingly as a pretty strong team when facing the Netherlands.