South Korea – Iran PREDICTION & TIPS
South Korea
South Korean football is very similar to that of Japan. In Korea, too, the sport has experienced a clear upturn in recent years, which is still ongoing, on the contrary. Korea undoubtedly has a number of international players. However: One is also very dependent on these, while about Japan can also put on the collective. One of these key players of Korea will probably not be available on Thursday. The speech is by Captain and Swansea legionnaire Sung Yong Ki, who is currently still working on a knee injury. Not so Tottenham star Heung-Min Son, who is supposed to provide for the creative moments in the game forward. Hee-Chan Hwang from RB Salzburg also has a striker who has recently shown that he is in an impressive early form in the Austrian Bundesliga as well as in the qualifying rounds of the Champions and Europa League. However, the attacker was last hit, was not used around last Sunday. The problem of South Korea is, however, much less the offensive than the defense. Because in the defense series hardly one of the players deserves his money in one of the international top leagues, at least legionaries of clubs outside Asia in the defensive area are very rarely sown. The fact that this simply does not require the necessary class to allow as little as possible was made clear in the previous qualification. Korea are ranked second in Group A, with 13 points in Group A, but they have conceded most of the contenders in this group together with Qatar. China was more stable in defense than the Koreans. On top of that, Neo-Teamchef Tae-Yong Shin has only completed his position for a few weeks, so it might be good that he has not yet found his system for the team. The fact that they were defensively not too stable, the fact that even in the final game of China in the home game anything but saddle-acted, showed only just won 3-2 and almost lost a 3-0 lead. Also physically we see for the householders on Thursday slight disadvantages. Korea have only won one of the last three games in the qualifying round, against Syria 1: 0, but before that, there have been some droids against China (0-1) and Qatar (2: 3). Just so good that on Thursday a home game is on the program.
Iran
Iran is currently hovering on cloud seven. Why? The team of coach Carlos Queiroz is still unbeaten in group A of the Asia qualifying after eight games, stands with currently with 20 points sovereign at the top of the table. It is more or less the exact counterpart to Thursday’s opponent from Korea. For while the latter has to cope with rough problems in the defense, there can be no question of Iran. Still, the Queiroz elite have not conceded a goal, holding eight games at a goal ratio of 8: 0. It was a piece of art that no other team could do on the Asian continent or in the ongoing Asian qualification. Also the last games showed that the team tactically very flexible, can be adjusted accordingly well to the respective opponent. In the latest three encounters, Iran took part in three different basic formations, which were also geared to the strengths of the respective opponents. Against the backdrop of China, for example, they were active in an offensive 4-3-3, knowing the defensive problems of the Chinese. Against the current third from Uzbekistan coach Queiroz put on a 4-2-3-1 and against Qatar on a classic 4-4-2 with a double six. The success is justified, as the games ended with two 1-0 (Qatar, China) and a 2-0 victory (Uzbekistan). In addition, Carlos Queiroz had already a few years to find his tribe, since the 64-year-old Portuguese already since 2011 coach of Iran. Although the market value of South Korea is subdued, the odds are not bad for an exit, which would open the door to Russia. Speaking of Russia: With Sardar Azmoun, a Russian legionary is one of the absolute key players of Iran. The 22-year-old Rubin Kazan striker has scored two goals in seven games. Top scorer is Mehdi Taremi from Persepolis, who has already been four times successful. Another Iranian weapon could and will be on the right hand side on Thursday, where Rezaelan and Jahanbakhsh have been very dynamic in recent games. In addition, Coach Queiroz can be confident that he is spoiled for choice.
South Korea – IrannFREE TIPS
South Korea win @ 1.80
Over 2 goals @ 1.74
