Italy v Mexico Preview, Prediction, and TV Listings
Italy and Mexico continue their World Cup preparations with a friendly match against each other. The match will take place at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium on Thursday, June 3, 2010. Kickoff is scheduled for 18:15 BST or 19:15 local time in Belgium.
It will be televised on Telemundo in the United States, RAI Uno in Italy, SuperSport 3 in Africa, and on TV Azteca 7 in Mexico. You can also find the match at the link on the bottom of this post.
Italy v Mexico Preview
Italy head into the World Cup with very few predicting them to have a chance to repeat as champions. Mexico are a team who have talent but not expected to contend for the World Cup trophy. Both sides have their 23 man rosters set and are looking towards their opening match of the group stage.
Italy will likely experiment with different formations as they try to fine tune their line-up. Mexico has most of their starting line-up decided and will look to get their players in form. With the match in Europe, Italy are favored according to the odds makers.
Mexico showed against England that they are capable of creating chances and could win the match. Unfortunately, Mexico has shown vulnerabilities defensively which will allow Italy several chances.
Betting Odds
Italy win – 8/11 (SkyBet), 17/20 (William Hill)
Draw – 9/4 (SkyBet), 9/4 (William Hill)
Mexico win – 7/2 (SkyBet), 18/5 (William Hill)
Italy v Mexico Prediction
Italy will win the match 3-2.
Watch Italy v Mexico Live Online
The match can be seen at Free Live Sports TV.
