It is the most wide open group at Copa with every team listed as plus money to finish first. This<\/p>\n\n\n\n
group features two of the lowest ranked teams in the tournament with Venezuela and Jamaica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, one upset can turn this group upside down. But Mexico are the slight favorites as they<\/p>\n\n\n\n
have \u2018home field\u2019 advantage. Mexican supporters will be out in bunches and that could be the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
difference from finishing first, or second for Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mexico +130 (Rank: #14)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite winning the Gold Cup in 2023, there is immense pressure on Mexico heading into<\/p>\n\n\n\n Copa. They\u2019ve lost twice in June to global powers, Brazil and Uruguay and now must rely on<\/p>\n\n\n\n untested goalkeeping after leaving veteran Memo Ochoa off the squad. West Ham midfielder<\/p>\n\n\n\n Edson Alvarez will be counted on heavily to lead this team and El Tri will need output from<\/p>\n\n\n\n Santiago Gimenez and Julian Quinones up front. The Mexicans are good enough to get results<\/p>\n\n\n\n in all matches, but likely need two wins to secure the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ecuador +140 (Rank: #31)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the turn of the century, Ecuador has been ousted in the group stage in 6 of their eight<\/p>\n\n\n\n appearances. They made the 2022 World Cup only to flame out in the group phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ecuador added former Qatar manager Felix Sanchez Bas and have seen some progress since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In World Cup qualifying, they are unbeaten in five and have three clean sheets. The defense is<\/p>\n\n\n\n what will help this side advance, and maybe pull off an upset to win the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela +550 (Rank: #54)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When you rely on a 34-year old striker, your chances may be limited to get out of this group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Salomon Rondon is a threat up front, and recently scored a couple of goals for his club team<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pachuca, in the Champions Cup final. But he\u2019ll be relied on heavily as the team lacks quality<\/p>\n\n\n\n players with most of them playing in the Americans, and not overseas. They have lost just once<\/p>\n\n\n\n in six World Cup qualifiers. They are stubborn and could find a way to get through to the<\/p>\n\n\n\n knockout stage for just the sixth time in 20 tournament appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica +950 (Rank: #55)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica is back in the Copa America for the first time since 2016 but haven\u2019t fared well at this<\/p>\n\n\n\n tournament bowing out in the group stage in 2015 and 2016. They lost all six matches without<\/p>\n\n\n\n scoring a goal. The Reggae-Boyz are hoping to change that with a roster filled with talent<\/p>\n\n\n\n including Michail Antonio, who plays at West Ham. They are riding their confidence in 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n losing just once in six matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group B Winner Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mexico +130 Ecuador +140<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela +550 Jamaica +950<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group B Fixtures & Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 21 \u2013 Ecuador vs Venezuela<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 22 \u2013 Mexico vs Jamaica<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 26 \u2013 Ecuador vs Jamaica<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jun 27 \u2013 Venezuela vs M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 1 \u2013 Jamaica vs Venezuela<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 1 \u2013 Mexico vs Ecuador<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is the most wide open group at Copa with every team listed as plus money to finish first. This…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":25048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[208,75],"class_list":["post-25047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","tag-copa-america","tag-soccer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25049,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25047\/revisions\/25049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}