Copa America 2024: Venezuela x Mexico, Match Preview, Odds, Team News and Predictions(27/06/2024)

Matchday two action at the Copa America will resume on Wednesday at SoFi Stadium, with Venezuela taking on Mexico after their historic opening match triumph.

Both teams won their first Group B match; La Vinotinto rallied to beat Ecuador 2-1, while El Tri beat Jamaica 1-0.

Venezuela vs. Mexico Team News

Salomon Rondon, a striker for Pachuca, equaled Jose Manuel Rey for second all-time with his 18th appearance for Venezuela in this competition.

Both Jhonder Cadiz of Famalicao and Eduard Bello of Mazatlan scored goals in their Copa America debuts, making them the first Venezuelans to do so since Jose Manuel Velazquez in 2016.

Despite Mexico's victory over Jamaica, Captain Edson Alvarez left the game with what appeared to be a hamstring injury, raising questions about his availability for the remainder of the competition.

Gerardo Arteaga's miraculous goal was all El Tri needed to win in his debut encounter with the national team, while Julio Gonzalez recorded his first clean sheet abroad with four saves.

Head To Head And Previous Matches

On matchday one, a resolute Venezuelan team overcame an early goal to score two second-half goals in ten minutes to win their first-ever Copa America come-from-behind match. 

That also broke Fernando Batista's men's five-match losing streak in all competitions, as they defeated Jamaica 1-0 in their first game of the competition.

It has been more than a year since they last won consecutive international games in June 2023, and a win on Wednesday would be their first time winning consecutive games in this competition since 2016. 

Venezuela had never before won a Copa America game after giving up the first goal, but after trailing 1-0, they had recovered to win two of their previous five games this year.

In the meantime, they have not conceded in any of their four straight victories when they have scored the first goal.

Only once have they conceded in their six straight games with CONCACAF teams, a 2-2 tie with Panama in November 2022.

In their debut, El Tri had some nervous moments, but with 62% possession and nine goals on goal, they finally emerged as deserving victors.

Even though Jaime Lozano's team ended a two-match losing streak with that victory, an offside call did not invalidate a Michail Antonio goal.

That extended their unblemished record in the group stage of this competition to four matches, and they had won their first three Copa America games.

Mexico has won 12 of the previous 13 games in which they have scored the first goal; their only loss during that time was against Colombia (3-2) in Los Angeles last December.

The Mexicans have the opportunity on Wednesday to record back-to-back clean sheets in this tournament's group stage for the first time since 2001.

Mexico has defeated the Venezuelans twice in their last three Copa America games and has never lost to them overall.

Our Predictions

Venezuela to win  @3.70 on Sky247.ng

The loss of Alvarez severely hurts the Mexicans, who have struggled with consistency since Lozano took over and looked wobbly against the Reggae Boyz.

Venezuela will feel confident after their first win and think they can beat the Mexican backline and cause another shock.

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