Mexico 2–0 Ecuador
Mexico deliver as predicted
Mexico beat Ecuador 2–0 in Round of 32. Scorers: Julián Quiñones (31'), Raúl Jiménez (45+1').
Our model backed Mexico at 47% and predicted 1–0 — the right call on the result.
Tournament so far — Mexico: 12 pts from 4 — about 3.9 above the 8.1 our model expected. Ecuador: just 4 pts from 4, roughly 1.2 below the 5.2 expected.