Iraq have failed to score in 5 games against South Korea
Can the Taegeuk Warriors take all three points in Yongin?
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South Korea Win Full Time Result | @1.48 |
South Korea Win To Nil | @2.10 |
South Korea Win 2-0 Correct Score | @6.00 |
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Iraq have been doing well in the World Cup qualifiers but South Korea are a big step up in class. I think the value is on the home side in Yongin.
Stats
South Korea have won to nil in 4 of their last 6 home matches (World Cup qualifiers).
South Korea have kept 5 clean sheets in their 6 home matches (World Cup qualifiers).
South Korea have won to nil in their last 2 matches against Iraq.
Iraq have failed to score in their last 5 matches against South Korea.
Head to Head
South Korea have a 5-1 advantage against Iraq with five draws in 11 matches.
They last met in January, South Korea winning 1-0 in an international friendly.
South Korea Form
South Korea won their final three World Cup qualifiers in the second round, scoring 11 goals with none conceded. They won 3-0 in Thailand, 7-0 in Singapore and 1-0 against China.
Do-hoon Kim’s brief spell in charge came to an end after two games, the manager replaced by Myung-bo Hong.
Hong led the Taegeuk Warriors to a 0-0 draw against Palestine despite having 75% possession and 15-10 shots in Seoul. They got back on track with a 3-1 win in Oman, late goals to Heung-min Son and Min-kyu Joo securing all three points.
South Korea won 2-0 in Jordan last week where they had 75% possession once again. Jae-sung Lee and Hyeon-gyu Oh found the net either side of half-time.
South Korea Squad & Team News
Goalkeepers: Kim Seung-gyu, Jo Hyeon-woo, Kim Jun-hong
Defenders: Kim Min-jae, Jung Seung-hyun, Seol Young-woo, Cho Yu-min, Lee Myung-jae, Hwang Mun-ki, Kim Ju-sung, Lee Han-beom, Park Min-gyu
Midfielders: Lee Jae-sung, Hwang Hee-chan, Hwang In-beom, Lee Kang-in, Paik Seung-ho, Park Yong-woo, Hong Hyun-seok, Lee Dong-gyeong, Bae Jun-ho, Eom Ji-sung, Kwon Hyeok-kyu
Forwards: Oh Hyeon-gyu, Joo Min-kyu, Oh Se-hun
Song Bum-keun, Kim Young-gwon, Hwang Jae-won, Choi Woo-jin, Jung Woo-young, Jeong Ho-yeon and Yang Min-hyeok miss out after being called up in September.
Kwon Kyung-won, Kim Moon-hwan, Heung-min Son, Hwang Hee-chan and Eom Ji-sung are injured.
Lee Kang-in has scored 10 goals in 32 internationals.
Iraq Form
Iraq won all six games in the World Cup qualifying second round. They were too good for Indonesia, Vietnam and Philippines in Group F, scoring 17 goals with two conceded.
Jesus Casas’ side haven’t conceded in three games in the third round. They were second best in a 1-0 victory over Oman before a 0-0 draw in Kuwait where Rebin Sulaka was sent off in the 7th minute.
The Lions of Mesopotamia beat Palestine 1-0 in Basra last week. Aymen Hussein scored in the first half, his sixth goal in the qualifiers.
Iraq Squad & Team News
Goalkeepers: Jalal Hassan, Fahad Talib, Hussein Hassan
Defenders: Ali Faez, Rebin Sulaka, Saad Natiq, Manaf Younis, Merchas Doski, Hussein Ali, Zaid Tahseen, Ahmed Yahya, Mustafa Saadoon
Midfielders: Amjad Attwan, Ahmed Yasin, Ibrahim Bayesh, Safaa Hadi, Amir Al-Ammari, Ali Jasim, Youssef Amyn, Louaï El Ani, Mohamed Al-Taay, Lucas Shlimon
Forwards: Aymen Hussein, Mohanad Ali, Amin Al-Hamawi
Ahmed Maknzi and Pashang Abdulla miss out after being called up in September.
Hassan Raed, Frans Putros, Osama Rashid, Zidane Iqbal, Danilo Al-Saed and Ali Al-Hamadi are injured.
Aymen Hussein has scored 29 goals in 78 internationals, Mohanad Ali with 20 goals in 50 appearances.