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Sunday 4 October 2026, 04:00 CEST

United States v Mexico

32%United States
30%Draw
38%Mexico

Mexico, just.

Tested

Mexico win about 38 times in 100. The other 62: a draw (30) or an United States win (32).

Forecast by Vesta, published Saturday 3 October 2026, 12:53 CEST, before kickoff.

3 or more goals41%
Both teams score48%
Expected goals1.1 v 1.2
Most likely score1-114% chance

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals90%
2 or more goals68%
3 or more goals41%
4 or more goals21%
5 or more goals9%

Exactly

0 goals10%
1 goal21%
2 goals27%
3 goals20%
4 goals12%
5 goals6%
6 or more goals3%

Goals by team

Tested
United States: 1 or more67%
United States: 2 or more30%
United States: 3 or more10%
Mexico: 1 or more71%
Mexico: 2 or more35%
Mexico: 3 or more13%
Both teams score48%
At least one team does not score52%

Winning margin

Tested
United States by 3 or more4%
United States by 29%
United States by 119%
Draw30%
Mexico by 121%
Mexico by 211%
Mexico by 3 or more6%

Result combinations

Tested
United States win or draw62%
Either team wins (no draw)70%
Mexico win or draw68%

Clean sheets

Tested
United States keep a clean sheet29%
Mexico keep a clean sheet33%
United States win without conceding19%
Mexico win without conceding23%
No goals at all10%

The first goal

Model estimate
United States score first42%
Mexico score first47%
No goals10%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1528%
Minutes 16-3020%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-758%
Minutes 76-90+6%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: United States goals down, Mexico goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
010.511.47.33.00.90.2
110.114.18.03.31.00.3
25.77.14.61.80.60.1
32.12.61.60.70.20.1
40.60.70.40.20.1·
50.10.20.1···

Halves

Model estimate
A goal in the first half65%
A goal in the second half72%
United States ahead at half-time25%
Level at half-time46%
Mexico ahead at half-time29%
United States win the second half27%
Second half level41%
Mexico win the second half32%
More goals in the first half30%
More goals in the second half41%
Same goals in both halves29%

Half-time and full-time

Model estimate
United States ahead at half-time, United States win18%
Level at half-time, United States win12%
Mexico ahead at half-time, United States win2%
United States ahead at half-time, draw5%
Level at half-time, draw20%
Mexico ahead at half-time, draw5%
United States ahead at half-time, Mexico win2%
Level at half-time, Mexico win14%
Mexico ahead at half-time, Mexico win22%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
United StatesMexico

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works