South Korea vs Brazil Match Analysis and Prediction

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Brazil will be playing their first international friendly since the end of 2019 on Thursday, with Selecao taking on South Korea at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.

Both national teams have qualified for the 2022 World Cup, and the South American nation Brazil will be regarded as one of the favourites to lift the trophy in Qatar.

South Korea have participated in each of the last nine World Cups, finishing fourth at the 2002 edition, in addition to reaching the last-16 stage of the 2010 tournament.

The hosts picked up 23 points from their 10 World Cup qualification matches to finish second behind Iran in Group A, but they finished their campaign with a 1-0 defeat to UAE at the end of March.

Paulo Bento’s side are set to play four friendlies over the next couple of weeks, facing Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Egypt, and all four matches will be valuable preparation for the upcoming World Cup.

South Korea have been drawn in Group H in Qatar, which willl see them face Portugal, Ghana and Uruguay, with their competition opener coming against La Celeste on November 24.

Meanwhile, Brazil will be looking to win a sixth World Cup later this year, with Selecao entering the tournament as one of the favourites for the trophy.

Brazil’s last success in this competition came back in 2002, reaching the quarter-finals in three of the last four edictions, in addition to finishing fourth on home turf in 2014.

Tite’s side were very strong in their qualification campaign, winning 14 and drawing three of their 17 matches to finish top of the group.

They have won each of their last three matches 4-0, defeating Paraguay, Chile and Bolivia, while they have not been beaten since losing to Argentina in the Copa America final last July.

South Korea vs Brazil head to head

The two national teams have previously met on only two occasions in friendly matches in 2013 and 2019, where Brazil have won in both occasions. Brazil have scored five goals without conceding in the process. They now meet for the third time in a friendly game.

Korea Republic 0-2 Brazil 12/10/13

Brazil 3-0 Korea Republic 19/11/19

South Korea latest home form

South Korea have been on a good run of form at home, and have been unbeaten in their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Iran 2-0 in their last home game in the World Cup Qualifiers. In their last five matches, they have scored 10 goals and conceded just one.

Korea Republic 1-0 Lebanon 07/09/21

Korea Republic 2-1 Syria 07/10/21

Korea Republic 1-0 UAE 11/11/21

Korea Republic 4-0 Moldova 21/01/22

Korea Republic 2-0 Iran 24/03/22

South Korea latest away form

South Korea lost their last away game 1-0 to UAE in the World Cup Qualifiers. However, they have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their previous six matches. In their last five matches, they have scored 11 goals and conceded two.

Iraq 0-3 Korea Republic 16/11/21

Iceland 1-5 Korea Republic 15/01/22

Lebanon 0-1 Korea Republic 27/01/22

Syria 0-2 Korea Republic 01/02/22

UAE 1-0 Korea Republic 29/03/22

Brazil latest home form

Brazil have recently been on a good run of form at home, and have been unbeaten in their five most recent matches. They defeated Chile 4-0 in their last home game in the World Cup Qualifiers. In their last five matches, they have scored 15 goals and conceded just one.

Brazil 2-0 Peru 10/09/21

Brazil 4-1 Uruguay 15/10/21

Brazil 1-0 Colombia 12/11/21

Brazil 4-0 Paraguay 02/02/22

Brazil 4-0 Chile 25/03/22

Brazil latest away form

Brazil have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their six most recent matches. They managed to defeat Bolivia 4-0 in their last away game in the World Cup Qualifiers. In their last five matches, they have scored eight goals and conceded two.

Venezuela 1-3 Brazil 08/10/21

Colombia 0-0 Brazil 11/10/21

Argentina 0-0 Brazil 17/11/21

Ecuador 1-1 Brazil 28/01/22

Bolivia 0-4 Brazil 30/03/22

South Korea news

Tottenham Hotspur attacker Son Heung-min will be the captain for the South Koreans. He scored 23 Premier League goals during the 2021-22 season.

Hwang Ui-jo has scored 14 times in 44 appearances for his country, and the Bordeaux striker is set to lead the line for the hosts in this contest.

Brazil news

Brazil will need to assess Casemiro, Vinicius Junior, Eder Militao, Fabinho, Allison Becker and Rodrygo due to their participation in Saturday’s Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid.

Richarlison has scored 13 times in 34 appearances for his country and is set to lead the line, with Neymar off the left.

Prediction and Odds

Both teams enter the contest in good form and South Korea will fancy their chances of winning, being full of energy and quality especially in the forward areas.

However, Brazil won in each of the previous two meetings between the teams, and will be the favourites to win the game here.

Odds: 1 2.30 X 2.10 2 1.89