The Matchday 4 clash in the second stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers between Belize and Panama will take place on June 8 at the FFF Field in Belmopan. Belize vs. Panama: prediction and betting odds, statistics.
Julio Cesar Luna (Guatemala)
Matches – 8 (International matches, 2023/24–2024/25);
Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 27;
Average yellow cards per match – 3.4;
Red cards shown – 1;
Average fouls per match – 26;
Penalties – 38%.
Belize can hardly find any positives in their head-to-head record against Panama, with their only notable result being a goalless draw at the Copa Centroamericana in 2017 — a result with little relevance in the current context.
At the moment, Belize are bottom of Group D in the second round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying. Their previous campaign ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar followed a similar trajectory, ending third in a group that lacked any high-level opposition. More recently, in the preliminary round of the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, they suffered heavy defeats to Costa Rica (1:6, 0:7). Costa Rica are currently ranked 54th in the FIFA World Rankings.
Panama, in contrast, are positioned 33rd — just behind the trio of 2026 World Cup host nations: Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Their rise in the rankings has been fuelled by a strong performance in the 2024/25 Nations League, where they reached the final against Mexico. Despite a 1:2 defeat in that final, Panama's path to the decider was impressive. They knocked out Costa Rica in the quarter-finals (2:2, 1:0) before delivering a shock 1:0 win over the United States in the semi-finals, with Cecilio Waterman scoring the winner in the 94th minute.
Over the past eight years, Panama have shown significant development, and expectations are high for a commanding display against Belize.
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Daniel Bartolotta Pereyra
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Line-up
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0 | 0 | |
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Woodrow Wilson West
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gk. | 1 | 0 |
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Alence Denilson Ayala
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df. | 2 | 0 |
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Deshawon Ammaune Nembhard
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Darrel Albert Myvett
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mf. | 2 | 0 |
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Izon Ainsley Gill
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mf. | 2 | 0 |
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Jordy Leonel Polanco
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mf. | 2 | 0 |
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Nahjib Kazim Guerra
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mf. | 0 | 0 |
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Krisean Kyle López
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fw. | 2 | 0 |
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Substitutes
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0 | 0 | |
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Charles Henry Tillett
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gk. | 0 | 0 |
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Jaylen Lennan
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Carlos Roberto Bernárdez García
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fw. | 2 | 1 |
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Thomas Christiansen Tarín
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Line-up
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Luis Mejía
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gk. | 2 | -1 |
José Ángel Córdoba Chambers
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df. | 2 | 0 |
César Blackman
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df. | 1 | 0 |
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Fidel Escobar Mendieta
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Aníbal Casis Godoy Lemus
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mf. | 2 | 0 |
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Cristian Jesús Martínez
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mf. | 2 | 1 |
César Augusto Yanis Velasco
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mf. | 1 | 0 |
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Carlos Miguel Harvey Cesneros
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mf. | 0 | 0 |
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José Luis Rodríguez Francis
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fw. | 2 | 2 |
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Cecilio Alfonso Waterman Ruíz
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fw. | 1 | 0 |
Eduardo Antonio Guerrero Locano
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fw. | 1 | 0 |
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Substitutes
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Orlando Mosquera
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gk. | 0 | 0 |
Michael Amir Murillo Bermúdez
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df. | 2 | 0 |
Edgardo Issac Fariña Wynter
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df. | 1 | 0 |
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Iván Alejandro Anderson Hernández
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Jorge Abdiel Gutiérrez Cornejo
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df. | 0 | 0 |
Edward Edier Cedeño Guerrel
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mf. | 0 | 0 |
Víctor Alfredo Griffith Mullins
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mf. | 0 | 0 |
José Fajardo Nelson
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fw. | 2 | 1 |
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Azarías Emmanuel Londoño González
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fw. | 0 | 0 |
Tomás Abdiel Rodríguez Mena
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fw. | 0 | 0 |
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