South Korea - Germany Football prediction

South Korea and Germany face each other at the Kazan Arena in a game for this phase of the World Cup. There is no recent record of direct confrontations between the two teams, which have not crossed in the last 3 years. The last time they faced was 19-12-2004, in a game that ended the final result: South Korea (3-1) Germany.

Analysis of South Korea

After 2 defeats, the team arrives at this third day in the 4th position of Group F, without having won any point. On the previous day, lost to Mexico by (1-2), after in the first game of this group phase to have lost by (1-0) against Sweden. In the last 10 games South Korea has 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point as he has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games. The team have struggled to score first: they only opened the scoring in 3 of their last 15 games, and never made it to the break. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 8 times and only got 1 turnaround. In the last 9 games for all competitions there has been 1 period that stands out: scored 3 of his 7 goals in the minutes (76'-90 ').

The South Korea team arrived at this World Cup after a high and low qualifying stage, in ten matches they alternated much between wins, draws and defeats, and their qualification for the World Cup is much more to the incompetence of the adversaries than to their own merit. South Korea played Group A of the qualifying phase of the Asian zone with the teams from Iran, Syria, Uzbekistan, China and Qatar. South Korea debuted in this World Cup with a 1-0 loss to Sweden and then lost to Mexico 2-1, and now to qualify for the knockout round, Korea need to beat Germany by 2 goals difference, something quite difficult to happen, so the most likely will be that this South Korean game of this World Cup.

Analysis of Germany

The team arrives at this 3rd round of Group F in 2nd place, with 3 points won, after 1 win and 1 loss. In their first game of this group stage they lost against Mexico by (0-1). On Matchday 2, they won against Sweden by (2-1). In the last 10 matches played for all competitions, Germany have won 4, drawn 3 and lost 3. Defensive solidity has not been their strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games but their attack has scored regularity, having scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 5 times and only got 1 turnaround. There have been 1 period in the last 20 games played for all competitions: they suffered 7 of their 19 goals in the minutes (31'-45 ').

The Germany team has a long history in world football and is almost always a good figure in the World Championships, and already has four titles won, the last one in 2014, so Germany is a favorite to win the title, however disappointing in the debut when losing by 0-1 against the selection of Mexico, the equipment could not be found in the field. On Matchday 2, Germany made yet another game far short of expectations and secured the win in the final minutes with a Toni Kroos goal, keeping their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stage alive. Now against South Korea, Germany have to win and if possible with many goals, as they have the same points as Sweden, which will play against Mexico.