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Thursday’s WC fixture list features South Africa up against Korea Republic.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the South Africa v Korea Republic game (including the best match odds).
South Africa enter this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 WC stalemate against Czech Republic.
In that match, South Africa had 62% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for South Africa was Teboho Mokoena (83'). Czech Republic had 14 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Michal Sadílek (6') scored for Czech Republic.
It has not been often in recent games where South Africa have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that South Africa have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals during that time. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, of course.
Following on from a loss in their previous game against Mexico in WC action, Korea Republic and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that match, Korea Republic had 58% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Mexico got 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Luis Romo (50') was the scorer for Mexico.
The trend of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring Korea Republic has become evident of late. Checking on their last six outings shows that it’s happened 5 times. During those clashes, their opponents have managed a goal tally of 7 while Korea Republic have scored 8.
Our thinking is that South Africa could well find it tough to score against this Korea Republic team who will likely end up scoring and staying ahead.
Therefore, we predict a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning score for Korea Republic at the end of the 90.
Expecting it to be tight.
Victor Martins, 02:01 21/06/2026
⚽️ Team Focus:
South Africa
Formed: 1991
Stadium: FNB Stadium (94,736)
Captain: Ronwen Williams
Chairman: Danny Jordaan
Manager: Hugo Broos
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South Africa |
| Mexico |
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South Africa |
| South Africa |
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Nicaragua |
| South Africa |
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Panama |
| South Africa |
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Panama |
| South Africa |
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Cameroon |
| Mexico |
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Korea Republic |
| Korea Republic |
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Czech Republic |
| Korea Republic |
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El Salvador |
| Korea Republic |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
| Austria |
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Korea Republic |
| Korea Republic |
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Ivory Coast |
| South Africa |
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Korea Republic |
| South Africa |
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Korea Republic |
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