Brazil Vs Mexico at Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza
Managers
Miguel Herrera(Mexico)
Luiz Felipe Scolari(Brazil)
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head- Brazil have won all three previous meetings in the World Cup without conceding a goal: 4-0 in 1950, 5-0 in 1954 and 2-0 in 1962.
- Brazil and Mexico last met in the 2013 Confederations Cup, at the same venue as this game on 19 June. Luiz Felipe Scolari's side won 2-0 thanks to goals from Neymar and Jo.
- However, Mexico have won seven of the last 13 meetings (D2, L4) over the last 15 years - the most of any nation against Brazil during that period.
- Mexico have only beaten the Selecao once on Brazilian soil: 2-1 in a friendly on 31 October 1968.
- Scolari has faced Mexico once before at the World Cup, when his Portugal side won 2-1 in a group game in 2006.
- Brazil have won their last 10 matches, scoring 33 goals and conceding only three.
- They are now unbeaten in 38 successive matches on home soil, with their last defeat coming against Paraguay in August 2002.
- Neymar has scored 33 goals in only 50 appearances for Brazil and is already joint-seventh in the national team's list of all-time goalscorers. He has scored 24 goals in his last 29 international appearances.
- Mexico have qualified for the last 16 in five successive World Cups, only to be knocked out at that stage on each occasion.
- They have won six and lost only two of their 10 matches under Miguel Herrera.
- Oribe Peralta has scored nine goals in his last seven competitive appearances for Mexico, including the winner in the opening group stage game of this tournament.
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