South Africa vs South Korea Predictions

• South Korea have won six of their last nine games, keeping five clean sheets.
• South Africa are winless in seven fixtures.

Son to seal second place for Taegeuk Warriors

A win would be enough to secure second place in Group A for South Korea, and they should clinch the points against a South Africa side that showed little against Mexico in their opener.

Bafana Bafana did claim a deserved point against Czechia in round two, but South Korea are a step up from them and a repeat of the opener in Mexico City would not be a surprise.

The underdogs’ draw last time out extended their winless streak to seven games and, while the Taegeuk Warriors did lose to the co-hosts last time out, that game could have gone either way.

They had more possession, more shots and a higher expected goals output than Mexico, so backing them to get the win they need on Thursday appeals.

South Korea have won six of their last nine games and have kept five clean sheets, too, and South Africa registered just three shots against Mexico, so a repeat of that 2-0 scoreline looks good value.

Son Heung-min is yet to find the net at this World Cup, but he had six shots against Czechia and scored his 55th and 56th international goals in their warm-up friendly against Trinidad & Tobago, so he should get off the mark in Monterrey.