I see the current line for a Switzerland win listed as +145, so you could make a few quatloos if you’re that sure . Canada is favored to win the group, so I’d put the odds at something like 40% Swiss win, 30% Canada win, 30% draw.
By the time these matches come around, BH and Qatar should have a pretty clear idea of whether 4 points will guarantee progression as a third place team. If so, their incentive will be to protect any lead they get rather than chasing goal differential.
I’m also not sure how valuable 1st vs 2nd is for Switzerland, so they may be relatively fine with second. For Canada 1st place gets them a home game in the knockouts.
They came out pretty well. It’s not like spicy pickled vegetables are alien to Mexican cuisine, after all. The bland creaminess of the melted Jack cheese played well with the crunchy spiciness of the kimchi.
Remember that goal differential is the tiebreaker in the group stage. Canada could - in fact, if you consider all possibilities, likely will - finish tied with one or more other teams in points, and in some scenarios, it’ll be the difference between moving on or not.
Correct–head to head is the first tiebreaker. But if Canada and Switzerland play to a draw, then goal differential, followed by goals scored, will determine the winner. The same would be the case if Canada loses and BH wins their final game, because Canada and BH played to a draw in their opening game.
Twice I’ve passed up on Gillette game tickets that were (somewhat reasonable). Now, we’ve arranged to race up to the stadium if we get late tickets, but Scots are still snapping them up at over $1K, which is nuts (unless your Scottish). I suppose it could be Ghanians.
Anyway, Australia looks lumbering, this is a great start!
. Canada is favored to win the group, so I’d put the odds at something like 40% Swiss win, 30% Canada win, 30% draw.
