USA vs Mexico - prediction, team news, lineups

Another section successful the historical rivalry betwixt the USA and Mexico volition play retired connected Saturday arsenic the 2 teams clash successful a affable astatine State Farm Stadium successful Glendale, Arizona.

The Americans travel into this crippled disconnected a convincing 4-2 triumph implicit Chile, portion El Tri settled for a 1-1 gully against Peru.

Match preview

A caller batch of American players are making rather the aboriginal interaction with the elder squad aft 2 friendlies this fall.

Mauricio Pochettino’s broadside person won some of their friendlies successful this window, netting 4 goals each time, and connected Saturday tin lucifer their longest winning tally successful friendlies from 2025 (three).

With each but 5 of their players called up to this model nether 25, it speaks to however acold this programme has come, and the endowment excavation Pochettino has astatine his disposal.

Rarely person we seen them conflict to find the backmost of the net, with the Yanks scoring successful 10 of their 11 internationals this year.

This upcoming brushwood volition beryllium the 5th clip they look a CONCACAF broadside successful Glendale, with the US squad unbeaten successful those 4 erstwhile meetings.

On Saturday, they tin extremity a four-match losing tally against North American opposition, with their past triumph against the Mexicans taking spot successful the 2024 CONCACAF Nations League last (2-0).

The commencement of the Rafael Marquez epoch astatine the helm of Mexico has been up and down truthful acold with his squad struggling to find consistency aboriginal on.

While they are undefeated successful his archetypal 2 matches arsenic the coach, we person lone seen flashes of the broadside that performed truthful good astatine this summer’s World Cup.

At the aforesaid time, the Mexicans person yet to suffer a affable this year, dropping points successful conscionable 4 of those instances truthful far.

In lone 1 of their past 11 internationals person they failed to triumph erstwhile netting the opening goal, though they person conceded the opener connected those past 3 occasions.

Since suffering a 2-0 decision astatine Honduras successful a November 2025 Nations League outing, Mexico person gone unbeaten successful their past 9 games versus CONCACAF opposition.

A triumph this play would springiness them 3 successful a enactment versus the US, matching their longest winning tally against their arch rivals this century.

USA International Friendlies form:

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Mexico International Friendlies form:

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Team News

Knee issues volition support Alejandro Zendejas retired of the US lineup, portion Folarin Balogun is being rested aft an early-season contented astatine Monaco, Christian Pulisic was near disconnected the squad for that aforesaid crushed and Ricardo Pepi has a musculus strain.

Chris Brady made his archetypal commencement betwixt the sticks for the elder broadside connected Tuesday, portion Adri Mehmeti became the latest teen to commencement a lucifer for the Americans, with the New York Red Bulls player, doing truthful astatine 17 years and 176 days.

Sebastian Berhalter, Julian Hall, Chris Richards and Matthis Albert each scored successful their triumph versus Chile, the archetypal for the second with the nationalist team.

A glute strain volition support Cesar Montes connected the Mexican sidelines this weekend, portion teenage phenom Gilberto Mora could beryllium retired arsenic good arsenic helium recovers from a sore ankle, portion Raul Jimenez and Julian Quinones are some retired done injury.

In that gully with Peru, Hugo Camberos, Santiago Sandoval and Oscar Garcia each collected their archetypal elder caps.

Victor Guzman headed location the equaliser for them connected that occasion, his archetypal for El Tri successful his seventh quality connected the planetary stage.

USA imaginable starting lineup:

Schwake; Freeman, Campbell, Trusty, Miller; Musah, Adams; Albert, Berhalter, Reyna; Hall

Mexico imaginable starting lineup:

Rangel; Sanchez, Vasquez, Reyes, Gallardo; Lira, Romo; Alvarado, Pineda, Lozano; Gimenez

We say: USA 1-1 Mexico

Neither squad volition person trouble getting up for this game, and we expect a spirited matter betwixt the two, who seldom springiness an inch erstwhile facing 1 another, whether successful a affable oregon different match.

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