The truth about Mexico's fearsome 97% Azteca record: Myth-busting shows England should NOT be afraid of team who largely play local minnows - and there's a perfect tactic to beat them!

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By LUKE POWER, SPORTS REPORTER

Published: 15:21 BST, 3 July 2026 | Updated: 15:38 BST, 3 July 2026

England fans have been dreading this fixture ever since it was a mere possibility. Mexico at the Estadio Azteca. Football's most unforgiving away day.

We have known for some months that we could be on a collision course. Now we are definitely facing the co-hosts in the last 16, many have simply made peace with the idea that this is where our World Cup ends. Oh well. We tried. Don't bother paying the £27,000 ticket cost.

'Beating Mexico at the Azteca? No chance,' seems to be the general feeling. It is as if we have asked Harry Kane to beat King Kong in a fist fight in the depths of the jungle. Just not happening.

First, there's the altitude of 2,240 metres and its well-documented evils, meddling with the oxygen levels and the flight of the ball. Many predict our low-lying lads will wilt. It is a legitimate worry. We have quite possibly reached the end of the road for this very reason.

Then there's Mexico's formidable record at their national stadium: 70 wins in 89 competitive games. Seventeen draws. Only two defeats, three if you include penalties. That's 96.63% of those games ending without loss. This tournament, they've won three out of three there without conceding. Imperious!

Add onto that the feverish '12th man' atmosphere, the feeling that you're playing football inside a drum, and it all seems a cocktail for disaster. But... what if it isn't?

England face a daunting trip to the Estadio Azteca, but is it all it's cracked up to be?

Mexico have won 70 of their 89 competitive fixtures there and lost just twice

The truth is, while it should be respected, Mexico's history at their favourite cauldron isn't quite so frightening when you drill down into the details.

They are currently on a 22-game unbeaten streak there, with 16 wins and six draws, but the average FIFA ranking of those opponents has been 57th in the world, according to Opta.

And those 70 competitive wins? Only four of them have come against 'major' footballing nations at the time. The vast majority have come against flimsier opposition. Put frankly, they have embellished their record against middleweights and nobodies.

Out of Mexico's 89 competitive matches at the Azteca, nearly three-quarters have been played against the same seven nations from Central and Northern America.

That's right. Sixty-two of their fixtures have been contested against the United States, Honduras, Costa Rica, Canada, Jamaica, El Salvador, and Panama (11, 11, 10, 9, 9, 6, and 6 respectively). A slim selection.

Some big names in there, granted, but that's partly recency bias talking. For instance, out of the nine occasions they've hosted Canada, their opponents didn't even have a professional league during eight of them. This is not the same as beating them in the modern era under Jesse Marsch.

A further six fixtures have come against local minnows who have never come close to getting to a World Cup: Bermuda, Suriname, Guatemala, Martinique, St Vincent and Grenadines, and Guyana. Teams you would give San Marino a chance of beating.

That's 68 of the 89 so far. But the mediocrity of their opposition doesn't stop there. A further 15 matches have been played against other teams who you could fairly call 'mid-ranked' sides.

They've played three against Trinidad and Tobago, then one against Haiti, Paraguay, Iraq, Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bolivia, New Zealand, South Africa, Czechia, and Ecuador. With the greatest respect, nobody particularly terrifying. Mexico would expect to beat most at a neutral venue. Are any a match for England, man to man?

England will struggle with the elevation, but Mexico's record is embellished by plenty of matches against poorer teams

Mexico's fans have been credited as a '12th man' by their manager Javier Aguirre and will make it hostile for the Three Lions

It means that of the 89 competitive matches Mexico have played at the Azteca, at least 82 were not a fair comparison for England's strength.

The only 'major' footballing nations that Mexico have played at the Azteca competitively are Brazil, Belgium, West Germany, and the Soviet Union.

In fairness to El Tri, they have an impressive record in this department. They have defeated Brazil three times out of three: once in the 1999 Confederations Cup, and twice in the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Dig deeper, though, and you'll notice that the latter two of those were actually against Brazil's Under-23s.

Their two victories against Belgium come with a caveat too - this was decades ago, long before Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku were toddling around. One of them came in 1970, when Belgium were at just their second World Cup, and another came at Mexico's home tournament in 1986. Belgium did reach the semi-finals that year.

Mexico's first-ever competitive match at the Azteca was against the Soviet Union to open the 1970 World Cup, but they only managed a 0-0 draw. At the 1986 edition, they drew 0-0 with West Germany before losing 4-1 on penalties.

Obviously, the altitude is going to be a problem. Thomas Tuchel has admitted it is 'impossible' for England to adapt in time. England only set off for Mexico City on Friday afternoon, and the game is at 1am on Monday UK time. To properly acclimatise, you'd want 10 days out there.

Mexico have lost at the Azteca twice, excluding friendlies: against Costa Rica in 2001 and Honduras in 2013. It's a fearsome boast.

But Brad Friedel, the former Premier League and USA goalkeeper, thinks the Three Lions have little to fear based on the strength of their opposition.

Brad Friedel thinks England have nothing to worry about against Mexico 👀 pic.twitter.com/sXFywCfGH6— The Rest Is Football (@RestIsFootball) July 2, 2026

Former USA and Premier League goalkeeper Brad Friedel has labelled Mexico 'below average'

'Mexico are so average,' he told The Rest is Football podcast. 'I've played against them for years. What they do, because they're playing in altitude, they look faster than everybody. They're an average team, below average actually. They're so beatable.

'And their fans get on them. If England go there, I don't care if they play a low block, a high block. If they score first, just get through the first 15 to 20 minutes, they will get through the game. Just don't concede the first goal,' continued Friedel, who, it must be said, never beat Mexico away from home.

'What they try to do is suffocate you so you can't get your second breath. Then they try to press and try to press.

'Look at the games they've played. They've created five chances in each of the games, but the players are dead after 20 minutes because they're fighting an uphill battle.

'The altitude is no joke. The heat is no joke. But England are so much better than Mexico and it would be a complete shame if they were knocked out because of altitude.'

None of this is to trivialise Mexico's record. It's a remarkable run to keep up. Since 2024 alone, England have lost home friendlies to Brazil, Iceland, Senegal, and Japan, as well as a Nations League match against Greece. You can only beat the opposition in front of you and football regularly reminds us that there are no guarantees.

In any case, hopefully this article has dampened the rampant pessimism surrounding England's trip to the clouds. If it's any final encouragement, even Tottenham beat Mexico 1-0 at the Azteca in 1966. It wasn't uncommon for them to play club teams in friendlies. Not so much luck for Sheffield Wednesday, though, as they lost 5-0 the next year. A tough coach journey home, that.

Intimidating? For sure. Impossible? Not at all!

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Mexico's FULL record at the Azteca in competitive fixtures

Mexico 0-0 USSR (World Cup, 1970)

Mexico 4-0 El Salvador (World Cup, 1970)

Mexico 1-0 Belgium (World Cup, 1970)

Mexico 4-0 Bermuda (CONCACAF Championship qualifier, 1971)

Mexico 3-1 USA (World Cup qualifier, 1972)

Mexico 2-1 Canada (World Cup qualifier, 1972)

Mexico 4-1 Haiti (World Cup qualifier, 1977)

Mexico 3-1 El Salvador (World Cup qualifier, 1977)

Mexico 8-1 Suriname (World Cup qualifier, 1977)

Mexico 2-1 Guatemala (World Cup qualifier, 1977)

Mexico 3-1 Canada (World Cup qualifier, 1977)

Mexico 5-1 USA (World Cup qualifier, 1982)

Mexico 1-1 Canada (World Cup qualifier, 1982)

Mexico 2-1 Belgium (World Cup, 1986)

Mexico 1-1 Paraguay (World Cup, 1986)

Mexico 1-0 Iraq (World Cup, 1986)

Mexico 2-0 Bulgaria (World Cup, 1986)

Mexico 0-0 West Germany (1-4 pens) (World Cup, 1986)

Mexico 3-0 Honduras (World Cup qualifier, 1993)

Mexico 3-1 El Salvador (World Cup qualifier, 1993)

Mexico 4-0 Canada (World Cup qualifier, 1993)

Mexico 9-0 Martinique (CONCACAF Championship, 1993)

Mexico 1-1 Costa Rica (CONCACAF Championship, 1993)

Mexico 8-0 Canada (CONCACAF Championship, 1993)

Mexico 6-1 Jamaica (CONCACAF Championship, 1993)

Mexico 4-1 USA (CONCACAF Championship, 1993)

Mexico 2-1 Jamaica (World Cup qualifier, 1996)

Mexico 5-1 St Vincent and Grenadines (World Cup qualifier, 1996)

Mexico 3-1 Honduras (World Cup qualifier, 1996)

Mexico 4-0 Canada (World Cup qualifier, 1997)

Mexico 6-0 Jamaica (World Cup qualifier, 1997)

Mexico 5-0 El Salvador (World Cup qualifier, 1997)

Mexico 0-0 USA (World Cup qualifier, 1997)

Mexico 3-3 Costa Rica (World Cup qualifier, 1997)

Mexico 5-1 Saudi Arabia (Confederations Cup, 1999)

Mexico 2-2 Egypt (Confederations Cup, 1999)

Mexico 1-0 Bolivia (Confederations Cup, 1999)

Mexico 1-0 USA aet (Confederations Cup, 1999)

Mexico 4-3 Brazil (Confederations Cup, 1999)

Mexico 2-0 Canada (World Cup qualifier, 2000)

Mexico 7-1 Panama (World Cup qualifier, 2000)

Mexico 7-0 Trinidad and Tobago (World Cup qualifier, 2000)

Mexico 4-0 Jamaica (World Cup qualifier, 2001)

Mexico 1-2 Costa Rica (World Cup qualifier, 2001)

Mexico 1-0 USA (World Cup qualifier, 2001)

Mexico 3-0 Trinidad and Tobago (World Cup qualifier, 2001)

Mexico 3-0 Honduras (World Cup qualifier, 2001)

Mexico 1-0 Brazil (CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2003)

Mexico 0-0 Honduras (CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2003)

Mexico 5-0 Jamaica (CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2003)

Mexico 2-0 Costa Rica (CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2003)

Mexico 1-0 Brazil aet (CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2003)

Mexico 2-1 USA (World Cup qualifier, 2005)

Mexico 2-0 Costa Rica (World Cup qualifier, 2005)

Mexico 5-0 Panama (World Cup qualifier, 2005)

Mexico 2-1 Honduras (World Cup qualifier, 2008)

Mexico 3-0 Jamaica (World Cup qualifier, 2008)

Mexico 2-0 Costa Rica (World Cup qualifier, 2009)

Mexico 2-1 Trinidad and Tobago (World Cup qualifier, 2009)

Mexico 2-1 USA (World Cup qualifier, 2009)

Mexico 1-0 Honduras (World Cup qualifier, 2009)

Mexico 3-1 Guyana (World Cup qualifier, 2012)

Mexico 1-0 Costa Rica (World Cup qualifier, 2012)

Mexico 0-0 Jamaica (World Cup qualifier, 2013)

Mexico 0-0 USA (World Cup qualifier, 2013)

Mexico 0-0 Costa Rica (World Cup qualifier, 2013)

Mexico 1-2 Honduras (World Cup qualifier, 2013)

Mexico 2-1 Panama (World Cup qualifier, 2013)

Mexico 5-1 New Zealand (World Cup qualifier, 2013)

Mexico 3-0 El Salvador (World Cup qualifier, 2015)

Mexico 2-0 Canada (World Cup qualifier, 2015)

Mexico 0-0 Honduras (World Cup qualifier, 2016)

Mexico 2-0 Costa Rica (World Cup qualifier, 2017)

Mexico 3-0 Honduras (World Cup qualifier, 2017)

Mexico 1-1 USA (World Cup qualifier, 2017)

Mexico 1-0 Panama (World Cup qualifier, 2017)

Mexico 3-1 Panama (CONCACAF Nations League, 2019)

Mexico 2-1 Jamaica (World Cup qualifier, 2021)

Mexico 1-1 Canada (World Cup qualifier, 2021)

Mexico 3-0 Honduras (World Cup qualifier, 2021)

Mexico 0-0 Costa Rica (World Cup qualifier, 2022)

Mexico 1-0 Panama (World Cup qualifier, 2022)

Mexico 0-0 USA (World Cup qualifier, 2022)

Mexico 2-0 El Salvador (World Cup qualifier, 2022)

Mexico 2-2 Jamaica (CONCACAF Nations League, 2023)

Mexico 2-0 Honduras aet (pens 4-2, second leg) (CONCACAF Nations League, 2023)

Mexico 2-0 South Africa (World Cup, 2026)

Mexico 3-0 Czechia (World Cup, 2026)

Mexico 2-0 Ecuador (World Cup, 2026)

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Furious boss labels players a 'disgrace', slams them for celebrating with their families and says 'I've wasted 10 months of my career on them'
Hilarious moment Sky Sports cameraman is distracted at the Miami Grand Prix during Jenson Button's segment - and even a McLaren mechanic is caught off guard!
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Michael van Gerwen is PUNCHED in the face during chaotic clash at a national day party in the darts star's native Netherlands
'Hardest Geezer', who ran the entire length of Africa, fights back against claims questioning his London Marathon excuse after he missing target time
Diego Simeone clashes with Ben White in the tunnel - 'after Arsenal defender walks over Atletico Madrid pitch badge' following Champions League draw
Martin Keown and Steve McManaman tear into 'ATROCIOUS' Diego Simeone after Atletico Madrid boss' 'awful' reaction to Arsenal penalty decision
Ian Holloway given a two-match touchline ban for offensive language to an official - 14 days after revealing he banned HIMSELF from swearing in the dressing room
Tottenham cult hero gives update on 'new hip' surgery after being forced to retire aged 33 following 11 YEARS of discomfort due to injury mid-career
Riyad Mahrez gifts £17,000 custom-made Rolex watches to Al-Ahli's entire squad - as £875,000-a-week former Man City star celebrates back-to-back ACL titles
In need of good luck, Emma? Raducanu poses with evil eye charms as illness-stricken ex-British No 1 faces nervous French Open countdown
Ronnie O'Sullivan at centre of 'chalkgate' scandal in World Championship controversy: Snooker stars call for old-school tactic to be BANNED
Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres reconciles with girlfriend, who he 'dumped to secure £64m Premier League transfer' to title-chasing Gunners last summer
Tennis world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka poses in just a fur coat and heels - and claims she would be a plus-size model (or a boxer!) if she wasn't an athlete

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World Cup TV pundit wars: All the BBC and ITV's broadcast stars RANKED - from Ange Postecoglou and Roy Keane to Wayne Rooney and Olivier Giroud - but who comes out on top?
Argentina were made to look ordinary by Cape Verde in almost one of the greatest World Cup shocks. For once it wasn't about Lionel Messi, but Sidny Lopes Cabral, writes OLIVER HOLT
Prince William warns Travis Kelce about England's boozy World Cup fans, jokes that his father 'hates' football... and opens up on secret plan for UK to host future tournament
England's ring of steel at risk as Mexicans LEAK their team hotel and abuse them on arrival ahead of World Cup last-16 clash
Argentina vs Cape Verde - World Cup last 32 RECAP: World champions avoid major shock in Miami five-goal thriller despite underdogs scoring goal of the tournament in extra-time
Australia vs Egypt - World Cup last-32 RECAP: Socceroos lose on penalties as former Brighton and Arsenal keeper Mat Ryan fails to save a spot kick after being subbed on in extra time
Revealed: Why Granit Xhaka has turned his back on Chelsea to stay with Sunderland
Ange Postecoglou is announced as Cristiano Ronaldo's new manager in Saudi Arabia - as former Spurs boss returns to football for the first time since 39-day Nottingham Forest nightmare
Cole Palmer tells Thomas Tuchel 'I could have offered something different' after his England World Cup snub
Jamie Carragher rips into Thomas Tuchel for 'leaving himself short' at right back with 'bizarre decision' to call up Trevoh Chalobah - and brands England's World Cup chances 'slim'
England's forgotten man Phil Foden takes his mind off the World Cup by heading to Wimbledon - where he runs into former Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate
Jurgen Klopp CONFIRMS he's in talks to become the next Germany boss after Julian Nagelsmann's £6m exit
World Cup Breakfast: Lionel Messi's Argentina forced to EXTRA TIME against Cape Verde, why Egypt stars watched Kylian Mbappe highlights during their penalties, highlights - and what to look out for today
England to be met by a 'ring of steel' around their Mexico City hotel after Ecuador were hit by cars, fog horns, fireworks and loud music
Declan Rice will NOT fill England's problem right back position for crunch last-16 World Cup clash with Mexico
World Cup heartbreak for Socceroos who exit the tournament in penalty shootout loss to Mohamed Salah's Egypt
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