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    Group AThu, Jun 18, 4:00 PM UTC
    Czech Rep.
    vs
    South Africa

    Mercedes-Benz Stadium · Atlanta

    Win probability

    Czech Rep. 56%
    Draw 25%
    South Africa 18%

    Czech Rep. are heavy favourites.

    The story

    Czech Republic have won all three of their last five home matches without conceding a single goal, while South Africa have failed to win five of their last six fixtures and have not been first to score in five of those six games. Patrik Schick leads Czech Republic in xGOT over their last ten matches at 1.12, compared to Lyle Foster's 0.58 for South Africa, and Foster also tops the South African xG chart at 0.47 against Robin Hranac's 0.74 for the hosts. Under 3.5 goals has been the outcome in 77 of the last 95 meetings between these two sides.

    What the data says

    • Czech Republic have won 13 out of their 16 most recent home matches.
    • South Africa are unbeaten in 76 out of their 94 most recent matches.

    What other predictors are saying

    71 predictors

    Czech Rep.

    59%

    Draw

    23%

    South Africa

    18%

    Most popular pick: 1-0

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