Our prediction for this Gold Cup match:
Haiti
Match Time & Date:
29/06/2023
10:00 PM
Prediction: 1-2
Mexico
Buoyed by a routine 4-0 win over Honduras, Mexico will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they take on Haiti in their second group game. Even though several top-class players have been omitted, El Tri impressed in their Gold Cup opener and the bookies see them as favourites to win Friday’s clash as well. Monterrey midfielder Luis Romo should keep his place in the starting XI after scoring a brace against Honduras, while both Jorge Sanchez and Uriel Antuna are one yellow card away from suspension.
Haiti, on the other hand, aim to build on a 2-1 win over Qatar. Since the nominal hosts are likely to stick to their attacking style of play, we are tempted to put our money on over 2.5 goals. Anyhow, Mexico are closer to picking up all three points from the match than Haiti. A man to watch in Gabriel Calderon’s team will be Maccabi Haifa striker Frantzdy Pierrot, who scored a late winner against Qatar.
Highlighted Player (Orbelin Pineda):
Orbelin Pineda is Mexican footballer who plays for Guadalajara as a midfielder. Pineda was born in Mexico City on March 24, 1996 and he started his youth career Queretaro at the age of 16. The Mexican footballer continued playing for Queretaro at senior level, but after scoring 8 goals in 44 appearances for the club, he moved to Guadalaraja in 2016.
Pineda is a fantastic reader of the game and he is technically very sharp. Speaking of his international career, Orbelin Pineda made his debut with Mexico national team on September 6, 2018 against Honduras. The two teams faced each other in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification and played out a goalless draw.
Pineda came as a substitute for Jesu Duenas in the 71st minute of the match. He scored his only goal for the Mexico national team in a 3-1 win over El Salvador at the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. In 2018 he won the CONCACAF Champions League title with Guadalajara.
Highlighted Team (Mexico):
Football was brought below the United States border by European immigrants who build the foundations for what went on to become one of the most prominent footballing nations in the world. El Tri have qualified to the total of 15 World Cups and have become one of six nations to qualify successfully for the tournament since 1994.
Alongside Brazil and Germany, Mexico are the only country to make it past the group stage over the last six World Cups so it is fair to say that miners from Cornwall and Spanish exiles fleeing the Civil War made a pretty good job embedding the football gene. Mexico are the reigning CONCACAF champions having beaten the surprise package Jamaica 3-1 in the final. Juan Carlos Osorio’s team is captained by Rafael Marquez who is the fourth most-capped player behind Gerrardo Torrado, Pavel Pardo and Claudio Suarez.
Bayer Leverkusen striker Javier Hernandez is the team’s biggest star and current squad’s top scorer with 81 goals to his name. Chicharito is only eight goals behind Jared Borgetti who is the nation’s top scorer.
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