Uruguay and South Korea meets in a match where they can prove why they are consistent World Cup attendees. These two teams will face each other on November 24, 2022, at 9:00 PM (GMT+8). Their journey to the World Cup might be tough as early as the group stage, as they are in the same group with Portugal, the other is Ghana. According to FIFA’s world rankings, Uruguay is in the 14th best in the world. South Korea on the other hand is ranked the 28th, somehow far from their opener opponent.
Across all competitions, these two teams already met eight times, but it was Uruguay who dominated their games. From those eight matches, six of those were from their meeting in the friendlies. Uruguay won six times against South Korea, while South Korea only won once, and the other ended in draw. Meeting in the World Cup is no longer new to them as they already met twice in the competition. With that, it is already obvious that they are not newbies in the World Cup. On their last nine matches across all competitions, these two squads suffered only one defeat. This is a good record to start their World Cup campaign in a strong way.
Uruguay is now in their fourth consecutive World Cup
Uruguay is now on their way to their fourth consecutive appearance to the World Cup, where they made a quarter-finals appearance last edition. They actually came from a 2-0 win over Canada in the friendlies. However, that match was way in September, so things may have changed since it is months already. This team won the World Cup twice already, but their last title in the World Cup was way back 1950. Being the 14th in the world speaks of how powerful they are as a team. However, in 2021, they were eliminated in the Copa America Quarter-finals against Colombia due to penalties.
Ronaldo Araujo may not be in action for this match, following the thigh operation he had. Due to that, Diego Godin may be a replacement for him on this match.
South Korea is on their fifth consecutive World Cup
Now on their fifth consecutive World Cup, the South Korean squad is now ready to take over the world. For their last two campaigns in the World Cup, they finished just in the group stage. They are in-need of wins to avoid dropping points, especially when they go possibly go against Portugal. Them, having Son Heung-Min for their squad is already a huge boost for their morale. We can expect a South Korean squad to display a very solid display in this match, which is not surprising. After all, they have a very solid squad on their name.
Son Heung-Min, despite being not 100% recovered from his injury, assured his squad that he will take a risk to be available in their World Cup campaign.
Prediction:
Uruguay (2)
Odds: 0.85
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