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 The Thursday World Cup Comp play at 3 eastern is on Mexico at -1 goal on the Asian Handicap. Mexico is home here and will be very tough for South Africa to break down. Mexico would be surprised to even a concede here as they have clean sheets in 4 of the last 5 South Africa comes in winless in their last 5 matches. They will have a tough tie with Ball Possession as Mexico has top level talent on the wings and can break down the South African back line. Mexico will be very motivated to jump out fast as one of the host teams so we will back them here today at -1. GL Rob V-

Ricky's 1* play on MEX.

Key Angle: It's important to remember that Ricky never makes a bet on any game based on just one angle. In order to make the grade, all his premium picks must meet several important criteria. He doesn't share all his secrets within his analysis, instead he chooses to reveal only the angle that he feels is the most significant. Here in this game the recent history of these two teams is particularly significant.

- Mexico are unbeaten in 88 of their 104 most recent matches all competitions.

- Mexico are on a good streak of 3 home all competitions matches where they have managed to keep a clean sheet.

- Mexico has scored 8 goals in their last 3 games.

Verdict: The value is on the favorite.

Free World Cup Soccer Play from Doc’s Sports. Take Germany -3.5 GL over Curacao (1 p.m. EST, Sunday June 14) The expanded World Cup has 16 more sides at 48 compared to the 32 that competed in the past. Therefore, there will be a major talent disparity in some matchups. This is one of those matchups. A major change is that goal differential is not the main tiebreaker for the knockout stage. If two teams are tied on points, the first tiebreaker will be head-to- head matchups. This eliminates the need for clubs to run up the score, so we think there will be a lack of blowouts in this tournament. However, we do think this one will be ugly, as even the German subs will be taking target practice late against Curacao. The tiny island nation is playing in its first World Cup and is just happy to be here. This is the smallest nation ever to qualify for the big tournament. They will likely be embarrassed here, however. They will have a better chance for a little national pride in matches against Ivory Coast and Ecuador in Group E matches, but that probably means just scoring a goal, which is unlikely here against the German giants. Curacao looked horrible in their World Cup warmups, as they lost to China, Australia and Scotland with a goal differential of -9 (as of this writing, with one more warm up match). Germany is head and shoulders above those sides, and they should win this one by four or five goals without much effort.