Match | Date | Time | Venue / Stadium | Attendance |
| 1 | 11 June 2010 | 16:00 | Johannesburg / Soccer City Stadium | 84490 |
Referee Ravshan IRMATOV (UZB) | Assistant Referee 1 Rafael ILYASOV (UZB) | |
Fourth Official Subkhiddin MOHD SALLEH (MAS) | Assistant Referee 2 Bakhadyr KOCHKAROV (KGZ) | |
Match Commissioner Fred DE JONG (NZL) | Fifth Official MU Yuxin (CHN) |
| South Africa (RSA) | Statistics | Mexico (MEX) |
| 9 | Shots | 14 |
| 5 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 17 | Fouls Committed | 13 |
| 4 | Corner kicks | 5 |
| 1 | Direct Free Kicks to Goal | 1 |
| 0 | Indirect Free Kicks to Goal | 0 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks | 0 / 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 6 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 2 | Cautions | 2 |
| 0 | Expulsions due to Second Caution | 0 |
| 0 | Direct Expulsions | 0 |
| 42% | Possession (%) | 58% |
| 29 | Actual playing time | 40 |
| South Africa (RSA) | Ball Possession Heat Map | Mexico (MEX) |
| 4% | 17% | 6% |
| 11% | 19% | 12% |
| 4% | 18% | 9% |
| 3% | 16% | 4% |
| 10% | 24% | 10% |
| 5% | 18% | 10% |
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 16 | Itumeleng KHUNE | GK | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Siboniso GAXA | D | 90 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | Aaron MOKOENA | D | 90 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 8 | Siphiwe TSHABALALA | M | 90 | 1 | 1/1 | 1 | ||||||
| 9 | Katlego MPHELA | F | 90 | 1/1 | 3 | |||||||
| 10 | Steven PIENAAR | M | 83 | 0/1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 11 | Teko MODISE | M | 90 | 1/3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 12 | Reneilwe LETSHOLONYANE | M | 90 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| 13 | Kagisho DIKGACOI | M | 90 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 15 | Lucas THWALA | D | 46 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 20 | Bongani KHUMALO | D | 90 | |||||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Tsepo MASILELA | D | 44 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 17 | Bernard PARKER | F | 7 | |||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 5/9 | 17 | 11 | 2 | ||||||
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Oscar PEREZ | GK | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Francisco RODRIGUEZ | D | 90 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Carlos SALCIDO | D | 90 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | Rafael MARQUEZ | D | 90 | 1 | 1/2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 5 | Ricardo OSORIO | D | 90 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 6 | Gerardo TORRADO | M | 90 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 9 | Guillermo FRANCO | F | 73 | 1/3 | 1 | |||||||
| 11 | Carlos VELA | F | 69 | 0/1 | 3 | |||||||
| 12 | Paul AGUILAR | D | 55 | |||||||||
| 16 | Efrain JUAREZ | D | 90 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | Giovani DOS SANTOS | F | 90 | 3/4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Cuauhtemoc BLANCO | F | 21 | 0/1 | 1 | |||||||
| 14 | Javier HERNANDEZ | F | 17 | 0/1 | ||||||||
| 18 | Andres GUARDADO | M | 35 | 0/1 | ||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 5/14 | 13 | 17 | 2 | ||||||
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Yellow cards | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| D: | Defender | M: | Midfielder | Min: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK: | Penalty Kicks |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Direct Expulsions |
| F: | Forward | SG/S: | Shots on Goal/Shots | Y: 2Y=R: | Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution |
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