All 72 group stage matches are complete, and we are officially on to the Round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n
In the first matchup of the knockout stage, Canada will face South Africa on June 28, 2026, at Los Angeles Stadium on FOX.<\/p>\n
This will be the first World Cup knockout stage game for both nations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite losing 2-1 to Switzerland on Wednesday, Canada advanced with four points as Group B runner-up, reaching its first World Cup knockout stage in three appearances. The loss snapped Canada\u2019s nine-match unbeaten streak, and it was only the second time in the last 19 games that Canada has allowed multiple goals.<\/p>\n
In the opener, Canada got its first World Cup point, drawing Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-1. Then, in its second match, Canada beat nine-man Qatar 6-0 for its first World Cup win ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, South Africa was arguably one of the biggest surprises of the group stage, especially after its opening match against Mexico.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In its opener, South Africa recorded two red cards in a 2-0 loss to Mexico. However, Bafana Bafana was able to bounce back with a huge 1-1 draw against Czechia on a 83rd-minute penalty. South Africa followed that result with a huge upset 1-0 win over South Korea to grab second place in Group A and its first knockout stage appearance in its nation’s history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s check out the odds for the Canada vs. South Africa matchup at FanDuel Sportsbook as of June 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Jonathan David is +165 to score against South Africa (Photo by Emma Ottosen\/ISI Photos\/ISI Photos via Getty Images).<\/span> <\/p>\n From FOX Sports Wagering Expert, Chris \u2018The Bear\u2019 Fallica:<\/p>\n Let’s take a look at some other bets for the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY All 72 group stage matches are complete, and we are officially on to the Round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. In the first matchup of the knockout stage, Canada will face South Africa on June 28, 2026, at Los Angeles Stadium on FOX. This will be the first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}