Iraq are set to play against Korea Republic in Thursday’s WC Qualifiers - Asia meeting.
Our Iraq v Korea Republic tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - plus the latest betting odds.
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Iraq
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Iraq will be hoping for a better result following the 2-1 WC Qualifiers - Asia loss in their previous game against Palestine.
In that game, Iraq managed 46% possession and 13 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Iraq was Aymen Hussein (34'). For their opponents, Palestine got 14 shots at goal with 5 on target. Wessam Abou Ali (88') was the scorer for Palestine.
In their last six fixtures, Jesús Casas's Iraq have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a total of 7 times which gives them an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.17.
Korea Republic
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In their last fixture, Korea Republic drew 1-1 in the WC Qualifiers - Asia match with Jordan.
In that game, Korea Republic had 75% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Korea Republic was Jae-sung Lee (5'). At the other end, Jordan got 11 shots on goal with 3 on target.
The stats don’t lie, and Korea Republic have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 6 goals in total. Defensively, Korea Republic have not been doing too well.
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Head to head
The previous league contest featuring these clubs was WC Qualifiers - Asia match day 4 on 15/10/2024 when the final score was Korea Republic 3-2 Iraq.
On that day, Korea Republic managed 76% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. The goalscorers were Se-hun Oh (41'), Hyeon-gyu Oh (75') and Jae-sung Lee (84').
At the other end, Iraq had 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Aymen Hussein (51') and Rebin Sulaka (90') scored.
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Prediction
We think that Iraq will need things to go their way to see themselves scoring against this Korea Republic side who we think will likely score & stay on top.
That’s why we have predicted a very competitive game with a 0-1 win for Korea Republic at the end of the 90 minutes.
Looking forward to this.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Turning to the betting odds on the WDW market, putting your money on Iraq can be had for 3.5, a wager on the game finishing all-square is 3.1 and selecting the winning team to be Korea Republic can be had at 2.2. Those are the best of the market prices available at the moment.
Peter Guest,
13:01 02/06/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Iraq
Formed: 1948
Stadium: Basra International Stadium (65,227)
Captain: Jalal Hassan
Chairman: Adnan Dirjal
Manager: Jesús Casas
Competitions: WC Qualifiers - Asia (Round 3 - Group B)