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Mexico vs South Africa

Bawler runs a Poisson model on rolling xG, normalised across leagues, adjusted for venue and injuries. This page shows the full chain — every number you can see is one we used.

Why the model calls it this way

Over 1.5 Goals hits 70% probability as Mexico's 0.79 expected-goals advantage translates to relentless attacking pressure at home.

Win probability
52.6% home29.7% draw17.7% away
xG chain — base → adjustments → final λ
MexicostepSouth Africa
1.56Base xG · rolling 26-match0.94
× 1.08Home advantage · Home× 0.96
no injury adjustment — full squads available per FotMob
1.69Final λ — what the Poisson uses0.90
Scoreline distribution · P(score) %bivariate Poisson
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home windrawaway win
BANKER
Over 1.5 Goals
Model 70.0% · @ 1.43
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X2
Model 46.7% · @ 2.14
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Over 3.5 Goals
Model 21.6% · @ 4.63
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> STAR_PICKS · player props

top 3
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Santiago Giménez
Mexico · AC Milan
42%@ 2.38x fair
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Raúl Jiménez
Mexico · Fulham
40%@ 2.50x fair
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Lyle Foster
South Africa · Burnley
36%@ 2.78x fair
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Probabilities from a per-player calibrated model on club xG / form, scaled to international minutes. Updated daily.

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