📏 Form Guide

Korea DPR

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Korea DPR will be wanting a better result here after a 1-2 WC Qualifiers - Asia defeat last time out to UAE.

In that game, Korea DPR had 31% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. UAE got 20 shots at goal with 7 of them on target.

It has been seldom in recent times where Korea DPR have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Korea DPR have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 12 goals in the process. Having said that, we’ll just have to find out if that trend will be sustained in this next match.

Kyrgyzstan

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Kyrgyzstan come into this game following a 3-1 WC Qualifiers - Asia win in the defeat of Qatar in their previous match.

In that match, Kyrgyzstan had 46% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Kyrgyzstan was Valeriy Kichin (45'). For their opponents, Qatar got 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

The stats don’t lie, and Kyrgyzstan have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 11 goals overall. At the back, Kyrgyzstan have not been doing too well.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The last league game featuring these sides was WC Qualifiers - Asia match day 4 on 15/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Kyrgyzstan 1-0 Korea DPR.

In that game, Kyrgyzstan managed 39% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

At the other end, Korea DPR had 14 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Kyrgyzstan will have to play well to get anything against this Korea DPR outfit who we reckon will be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

We’re going for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 advantage for Korea DPR when the full-time whistle blows.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

Peter Guest, 18:01 05/06/2025