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

[Yurkov]

Yesterday we had the favourites of the day all go through, Norway came through despite a tough game, France on the hand had a walk over and starting to look like the favourites of the tournament that's if Argentina don't make it to the finals, Mexico still under the radar but next challenge will be the real test and maybe end of the road 🛣️.

Interesting games to come today, maybe it's coming home or we coming home... Senegal for the win and USA easy as host power in force.

I agree with your analysis. France played very well and look like the champions, unless Argentina stops them. Mexico had it easy so far, but the next match can be too difficult for them.
As for today, I am nervous about England! "Coming home or going home" is exactly how I feel right now. But I think England shuld win. Senegal with Belgium I expect draw and penalties, and USA should win easily because they play at home with their fans.

[sergiorus]

Yesterday we had the favourites of the day all go through, Norway came through despite a tough game, France on the hand had a walk over and starting to look like the favourites of the tournament that's if Argentina don't make it to the finals, Mexico still under the radar but next challenge will be the real test and maybe end of the road 🛣️.

Interesting games to come today, maybe it's coming home or we coming home... Senegal for the win and USA easy as host power in force.

I agree with your analysis. France played very well and look like the champions, unless Argentina stops them. Mexico had it easy so far, but the next match can be too difficult for them.
As for today, I am nervous about England! "Coming home or going home" is exactly how I feel right now. But I think England shuld win. Senegal with Belgium I expect draw and penalties, and USA should win easily because they play at home with their fans.

Won't be a piece of cake for the USA.
Bosnia qualified from by far the toughest region to qualify (Europe) and they had to fight for it. No way a non-world class team such as the US would have an easy time beating them.

But FWIW I too would bet on USA's win if I had to.

[Pumared]

Yesterday we had the favourites of the day all go through, Norway came through despite a tough game, France on the hand had a walk over and starting to look like the favourites of the tournament that's if Argentina don't make it to the finals, Mexico still under the radar but next challenge will be the real test and maybe end of the road 🛣️.

Interesting games to come today, maybe it's coming home or we coming home... Senegal for the win and USA easy as host power in force.

Today I'm going to place a multiple bet: England win, draw or Belgium win, and USA win. The odds are around 2.26. I think it could work! It's worth analyzing today's games; depending on how Belgium's game goes, it could even be a win.

[EarnOnVictor]

I don’t expect England to be eliminated today—that would be a surprise. There have been surprises in the tournament, and there will continue to be, but I don’t think England’s current roster is prone to upsets. I think they’ll beat the Democratic Republic of the Congo and advance to the next round. Of course, the DRC will give it their all, but frankly, I don’t think they’ll make it past this round, nor do I expect them to score against England. It was normal for Croatia to score, but the other teams hadn’t managed to score against England in the group stage anyway.

I don't see DR Congo giving England much though time, judging by the performance of the two countries. DR Congo might score, and even if they score, it should be b once, and I predict either 2-1 or 3-1 in this game. If anything changes, it's perhaps a nill result for DR Congo. England hasn't taken this world cup for granted from day one; it's not at the knockout stage they would be careless about that. Plus, their defense has improved, even as they have world class striker, attacking midfielders and wingers.

[MinoRaiola]

I agree with your analysis. France played very well and look like the champions, unless Argentina stops them. Mexico had it easy so far, but the next match can be too difficult for them.
As for today, I am nervous about England! "Coming home or going home" is exactly how I feel right now. But I think England shuld win. Senegal with Belgium I expect draw and penalties, and USA should win easily because they play at home with their fans.

I think the top 3 teams are France, Argentina, and Spain. England is good, and if they play a strong game today, I rate them better than Spain. But other teams are also really good, for example Morocco or Mexico. Both team dont lost a game yet and Mexico has won all. So those will play strong games, and I think there is going to be another surprise. And for the players with the most goals, there maybe a new record this WM? Currently record is 13 goals on World Cup in 1958.

[cande86]

Anyway, the match between Norway and Ivory Coast is one after that, at least nothing disappointing will happen here, let's see what happens in this match.

Undav, Havertz, Wirtz, Sane, Goretzka, Misiala, Kimmich, Jonathon Tha and Rudiger this team you listed is simply very strong, but Germany is going through a bad time like Italy they are sleeping teams, they are sleeping giants and one day they will wake up and it will be the end for international football.

[Alpha Marine]

Today I'm going to place a multiple bet: England win, draw or Belgium win, and USA win. The odds are around 2.26. I think it could work! It's worth analyzing today's games; depending on how Belgium's game goes, it could even be a win.

I think I agree with your bets. England's game is not going to be easy, but they will win. Congo will be defensive, then hit them on the counter. England struggles against teams that sit back and wait for transition, but they have way more quality than Congo, and that should do the trick.
I think the USA will win Bosnia, but my doubt is the Belgium game.

Belgium has not really been impressive in the tournament.  They couldn't win Egypt, they couldn't win Iran, so there is every chance that they can lose against Senegal.
Senegal qualified from a more difficult group. They lost against France and Norway, but they played well. Against France, it was the exceptional individual brilliance of Kylian Mbappe that killed them.
The problem with Senegal is that they miss a lot of their chances. If they somehow convert some of their chances against Belgium, they would win the game. A team that doesn't know how to finish won't score many goals against Courtois.

[Razmirraz]

Wow i was not expecting that first half from Mexico at all they seem to be in their best ever performance in world cup i dont remember a Mexico team playing this good for so long, i know they didnt face already any big team but still a huge step forward from where they were before.

Some players are really on fire, like the two goalscorers from yesterday.

They have been very impressive so far, having progressed to the knockout stages without conceding a single goal, making them a major threat and proving that home advantage is being fully utilized. Praise continues to pour in for Mexico after successfully showing an extraordinary performance, especially a very solid defense line and they also received full support from the fans. Their stats so far are excellent, if they can maintain this momentum, they could overcome the quarter-final curse that has haunted them for the last 40 years.

[Abbatty]

Yesterday we had the favourites of the day all go through, Norway came through despite a tough game, France on the hand had a walk over and starting to look like the favourites of the tournament that's if Argentina don't make it to the finals, Mexico still under the radar but next challenge will be the real test and maybe end of the road 🛣️.

Interesting games to come today, maybe it's coming home or we coming home... Senegal for the win and USA easy as host power in force.

I agree with your analysis. France played very well and look like the champions, unless Argentina stops them. Mexico had it easy so far, but the next match can be too difficult for them.
As for today, I am nervous about England! "Coming home or going home" is exactly how I feel right now. But I think England shuld win. Senegal with Belgium I expect draw and penalties, and USA should win easily because they play at home with their fans.

So far in this tournament France have been the best team by far, and it will only take the god of football to intervene to knock them out of this tournament. When you look at their squad you begin to think how can they not be this good. In their first game we saw how they struggled a bit, how they were finding it hard to engage in attack, especially in the first half, but after figuring it out na taking Dembele to the side and bringing in Olise behind Mbappe they have begin to flourish.

Well football is very unpredictable and anything is bound to happen, but I can’t think of any team beating France in this World Cup.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Wow i was not expecting that first half from Mexico at all they seem to be in their best ever performance in world cup i dont remember a Mexico team playing this good for so long, i know they didnt face already any big team but still a huge step forward from where they were before.

Some players are really on fire, like the two goalscorers from yesterday.

They have been very impressive so far, having progressed to the knockout stages without conceding a single goal, making them a major threat and proving that home advantage is being fully utilized. Praise continues to pour in for Mexico after successfully showing an extraordinary performance, especially a very solid defense line and they also received full support from the fans. Their stats so far are excellent, if they can maintain this momentum, they could overcome the quarter-final curse that has haunted them for the last 40 years.

So what you are saying is that they could overcome the quarter-final curse and proceed to playing in the semi-finals right? Well, this is very possible but after the semi-finals, I think what is next for them is to simply pack up, and since the game is being played in their country, they can as well sit back and watch who later wins the cup because no matter how good Mexico play, I don't see them winning the cup except fifa decides to apply the same favorism shit  caf this during the afcon that forced the afcon Cup on Morocco even when it is clear they didn't win it.

Mexico is playing a really good game but like you said, it may all be the home advantage stuff, they must have trained really hard because it's very shameful when someone comes to your own home and defeats you in a fight, so I think what they are doing is, even if they can't win the Cup, they should get to a notable level in the match, and it looks like the working for them.

[Out of mind]

England will win today's match against DR Congo and they will participate in the round of 16. If we have seen the games of each team in recent times and the way the teams have attacked, the way their opponents will attack against England will be the same. Although if we follow the betting odds, it can be seen that England is given as the favorite to win in the equation, but this match too I think will be a very exciting moment between the two teams. This match will start very soon although England's team has enough star players they will qualify the team strongly. However, since football is an unpredictable game, anything can happen at any time, small teams often go into better form than big teams. Accordingly, if DR Congo team becomes stronger against England and their performance is better than England's then the game will be more competitive.

[len01]

England vs Congo DR (England to qualify)
Belgium vs Senegal (Belgium to qualify)
USA vs Bosnia (USA to qualify)

Out of these 3 games, I think Belgium vs Senegal will be the toughest one. We all know how strong Belgium's squad is, but Senegal came through a really tough group and managed to put up a good fight against both France and Norway. There's a good chance this game ends in a draw and goes to penalties. Still, I'm hoping Senegal won't pull off an upset.

[Odohu]

The toughest match today is Belgium vs Senegal, a match that can take the direction of Netherland vs Morocco and saw the bigger team eliminated. I'm not saying that Belgium will be eliminated but that is a possibility because Senegal have the quality of players that can hold Belgium to a draw and see them out in penalty shootout. Many pundits are predicting 2-1 score for the match, which is not impossible but my guess is 3-1 which means Belgium to qualify. Senegal have not been in their best form this tournament as their hitman Mane is old and not as fierce as he used to be.

[Ahli38]

I don’t expect England to be eliminated today—that would be a surprise. There have been surprises in the tournament, and there will continue to be, but I don’t think England’s current roster is prone to upsets. I think they’ll beat the Democratic Republic of the Congo and advance to the next round. Of course, the DRC will give it their all, but frankly, I don’t think they’ll make it past this round, nor do I expect them to score against England. It was normal for Croatia to score, but the other teams hadn’t managed to score against England in the group stage anyway.

I don't expect England to be eliminated today either. DR Congo has been amazing in the tournament, but if we check the players quality of England and DR Congo, it's obvious England has a good advantage over DR Congo, so I'm expecting England to win their today's match against DR Congo and proceed to the next round. It was easy for Croatia to score against England because they are a bit on the same level with England, while Panama and Ghana couldn't score against England because they are below England level. DR Congo, Panama, and Ghana are on the level, so I'm expecting England to keep a clear sheet against DR Congo.

One thing I can fully vouch for is that having quality squad is overrated. This World Cup proved the philosophy that having a good decision makers as a coach and the right mentality can bring a team success like what we saw when Paraguay faced and eliminated Netherlands, so saying England has quality squad doesn't cut it for me because another African team, that is Morocco regardless of there less top European players presence, they still advanced, so anything can happen

Yes, that’s right. Anything can happen in this World Cup. And we can’t be sure which national teams will advance to the next round. But at least we can make predictions based on several factors that strengthen the case for a team like England to win. And one particularly strong reason is England’s high-quality squad. As for the D.R. Congo squad it doesn’t seem as strong as England’s, where we can see that there’s a significant gap between them in the rankings alone. And England also has more experience participating in the World Cup. So I personally think that England deserves to be the favorite in this upcoming match over D.R. Congo. However I’ve noticed that the D.R. Congo seems to have a very solid defense, where they’ve conceded only one goal in each of their last three matches. I predict that England will win this qualifying match. But I don’t think there will be a total of 3 goals or even more tonight.

[free-bit.co.in]

I agree with your analysis. France played very well and look like the champions, unless Argentina stops them. Mexico had it easy so far, but the next match can be too difficult for them.
As for today, I am nervous about England! "Coming home or going home" is exactly how I feel right now. But I think England shuld win. Senegal with Belgium I expect draw and penalties, and USA should win easily because they play at home with their fans.

France and Argentina's performances have so far looked very composed. Their performance is quite stable. The bonding between the players is also good, even their match tactics are excellent. Besides, the Mexico team also looks very strong. Before the start of the World Cup, the team did not look very strong.

England vs congo match is about to start. Kane, bellingham, madueke and rashford in attack. Everyone has the ability to perform well. Congo will try their best to get a draw though. But it is very difficult to stop the England team.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

France and Argentina's performances have so far looked very composed. Their performance is quite stable. The bonding between the players is also good, even their match tactics are excellent. Besides, the Mexico team also looks very strong. Before the start of the World Cup, the team did not look very strong.

England vs congo match is about to start. Kane, bellingham, madueke and rashford in attack. Everyone has the ability to perform well. Congo will try their best to get a draw though. But it is very difficult to stop the England team.

The England squad for the match with Congo.

Pickford, Spence, Guehi, Konsa, O'Reilly, Rice, Anderson, Madueke, Bellingham, Rashford, Kane

Saka does not start in this match and Rashford will begin with other players for England, it's an opportunity for Rashford to show his contributions for the team, help the team going next and improve his role in the team for next rounds.

England must be very careful as Congo will be very ready to bring this match to penalties. Witnessing how both Germany and Netherlands failed at penalty spots, England will not want to try their luck at this spot. In World Cup 2026, so far England did not perform too good in attacking and it's one of reasons why Rashford is used in this match, because Tuchel wants something new for attacks.

[Ale88]

Yesterday we had the favourites of the day all go through, Norway came through despite a tough game, France on the hand had a walk over and starting to look like the favourites of the tournament that's if Argentina don't make it to the finals, Mexico still under the radar but next challenge will be the real test and maybe end of the road 🛣️.

Interesting games to come today, maybe it's coming home or we coming home... Senegal for the win and USA easy as host power in force.

I agree with your analysis. France played very well and look like the champions, unless Argentina stops them. Mexico had it easy so far, but the next match can be too difficult for them.
As for today, I am nervous about England! "Coming home or going home" is exactly how I feel right now. But I think England shuld win. Senegal with Belgium I expect draw and penalties, and USA should win easily because they play at home with their fans.

Won't be a piece of cake for the USA.
Bosnia qualified from by far the toughest region to qualify (Europe) and they had to fight for it. No way a non-world class team such as the US would have an easy time beating them.

But FWIW I too would bet on USA's win if I had to.

I agree that it won't be an easy match for the USA, I also agree that Bosnia Erzegovina managed to qualified to the World Cup after a tough qualification phase. But during the World Cup they didn't impress me too much, they have a few good players but I think the United States will win the match.

[Frankolala]

Mamamiya...Congo has taken the lead in the early minutes of the game and the scores is 0-1. It was a magnificent strike from Cipenga on the 7th minutes of the game after a beautiful assist from Mbemba. This goal will put the English men under pressure as they wouldn't play with relax mind in order for them to get an equalizer. It's a beautiful start for the Congolese.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Wow guys, DR Congo scored a goal and could this be the start of a possible nightmare for a team like England? I don't know, but I see that Congo is playing more with heart than technique, and that could complicate things a lot for the Premier League professionals, who are mostly in this World Cup. This World Cup is really good, with surprises I didn't think would happen.

[snipie]

Mamamiya...Congo has taken the lead in the early minutes of the game and the scores is 0-1. It was a magnificent strike from Cipenga on the 7th minutes of the game after a beautiful assist from Mbemba. This goal will put the English men under pressure as they wouldn't play with relax mind in order for them to get an equalizer. It's a beautiful start for the Congolese.

It is indeed a very good start for Congo. They are pushing in this first fifteen minutes of the game. England are not threatening their opponent goalkeeper for the moment and Congo is still leading with a goal.
Of course this is just the start and the score might shift later. I suppose most people placed a bet on England and if they will be eliminated, it will be another shock for people who already are under the surprise of seeing Germany and Netherlands being eliminated.