The CONCACAF Gold Cup rolls on Wednesday with Group A play featuring Mexico (0 wins, 0 losses, 1 draw) and Guatemala (0-1-0) in a 9:30 p.m. ET kickoff at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. Below, we preview the Mexico vs. Guatemala odds and lines, and make our best CONCACAF Gold Cup bets, picks and predictions.
Mexico opened with a rather uninspiring 0-0 draw against Trinidad & Tobago Saturday. It dictated the pace of the game but just couldn’t generate any offense.
Guatemala is just surprised to be here, as it thought it was eliminated last Tuesday but Curacao had a COVID-19 outbreak in its camp, and Guatemala was invited back. It lost 2-0 to El Salvador in Sunday’s opener.
Mexico vs. Guatemala: Odds, picks and predictions
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 5:10 p.m. ET.
- Money line: Mexico -5000 (bet $5,000 to win $100) | Guatemala +3300 (bet $100 to win $3,300) | Draw +1300
- Over/Under: 3.5 (O: -125 | U: -110)
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Prediction
Mexico 2, Guatemala 0
Money line (ML)
Mexico (-5000) heads into this one as the decisive favorite, as the books expect El Tri to take out its scoreless draw frustrations on undermanned Guatemala. You cannot risk $100 for every $2 won, no matter how sure a thing this might be.
AVOID.
Instead, it’s a better bet to look to MEXICO -2 (-190) in the handicap section, and maybe even a small-unit wager on MEXICO -3 (+125) at plus-money. We saw last night how the floodgates opened up in Honduras-Grenada, and we should expect a similar result here.
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Over/Under (O/U)
UNDER 3.5 (-110) is the play, as Guatemala doesn’t have its full cast of players from a squad that was already mediocre and not able to qualify on its own.
Mexico had issues in Game 1, so even if it were to post a 3-0 result, which would be a very good bounce-back, it’s still going Under.
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