South Korea vs Mexico: South Korea faces Mexico in the Quarterfinals of the men’s football tournament on Saturday at the Nissan Stadium.
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Match Details:
Teams: South Korea vs Mexico
Date: Saturday 31st July, 2021
Time: 04:30 PM IST
Venue: Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan
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MATCH PREVIEW:
South Korea come into this one as Group B table toppers having accumulated 6 points from their 3 matches.
After an opening day loss to New Zealand, Korea picked up successive wins against Romania and Honduras to top the group scoring 10 goals in these 2 matches without conceding.
On the other hand, Mexico finished as runners up in Group A behind Japan with 6 points from their stipulated matches.
They began their campaign in style with a 4-1 mauling of France followed by a loss to hosts, Japan.
This loss was sandwiched between a win against South Africa as well. This meant Mexico missed out on the top spot.
Both sides last met in the 2016 Rio Olympics tournament group stage where South Korea edged Mexico 1-0 with Kwon’s second half strike making the difference.
Line-ups
South Korea:
Bum-Keun, Young-Woo, Tae-Wook, Ji-Soo, Yoon-Sung, Kang-In, Dong-Hun, Du-Jae, Jin-Kyu, Chang-Hoon and Ui-Jo.
Mexico:
Ochoa, Vásquez, Lorona, Montes, Sanchez, Cordova, Romo, Antuna, Vega, Martin and Lainez.
Prediction: South Korea 2-1 Mexico
We expect South Korea to edge this one on the basis of their form coming into this contest.
Korea has scored 10 goals and conceded just 1, which shows quality in attack as well as defence.
Mexico started off well but after their loss in Matchday 2, were not at their fluent best.
Hence, the form and quality posed by South Korea could threaten the Mexican side.
