Match Report
The table read 1st (Venezuela, 9 pts) against 3rd (Mexico, 4 pts), 5 points apart. On recent form Mexico sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Venezuela 2 scored and 0.33 conceded per game, Mexico 0.33 and 0.33, with the league averaging 1.1.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 0 Venezuela wins, 3 for Mexico, 2 draws, at 3.6 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
The match was played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood (capacity 70,240). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.