Our prediction for this match:
South Korea
Match Time & Date:
12/10/2018
07:00 AM
Prediction: 1-1
Uruguay
Seoul World Cup will host Friday’s football game between Korea Republic and Uruguay. Korea Republic failed to make it to the 2018 FIFA World Cup knockout stages, but they did well to beat star-studded Germany in their last group game, which gave whole nation a reason for celebration. Paulo Bento’s troops are eyeing their fourth consecutive clean sheet and we predict that they are going to rely on their rock-solid defence in the clash against Uruguay. La Celeste, on the other hand, aim to build on a thrilling 4-1 win over Mexico and we believe that they are going to stick to their attacking style of play against South Korea. However, seeing that Uruguay will be without key attacker Luis Suarez in Friday’s friendly against the Asian side, we believe that there is a big value in betting on draw.
Highlighted Player (Hee-Chan Hwang):
Hwang Hee-Chan is a product of Pohang Steelers football academy. The Korean attacker, who was born in Chuncheon on January 26, 1996, started his senior career at FC Liefering of Austria and he scored 13 goals in 31 appearances for the club. The 177-cm tall striker currently plays for Red Bull Salzburg and you should bear in mind that he netted 12 goals for the club in the 2016/2017 season.
Hwang Hee-Chan won his second Austrian Bundesliga title with Salzburg in the 2016/2017 season, but the Red Bulls eventually failed to make it to the Champions League group stages. The Salzburg footballer made his South Korea debut in a 2-0 win over Canada on November 11, 2016.
Hee-Chan played regularly for the Korea national football team in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers and he scored one goal in the process. The Koreans eventually booked their place at the showpiece tournament in Russia, meaning that the Salzburg attacker will have a chance to prove his worth on the big stage.
Highlighted Team (Uruguay):
La Celeste are one of the most successful South American nations. Uruguay are frequently the champions of the continent having most recently won the tournament in 2011. They have won the Copa America a record 15 times including the first ever edition of the competition in 1916, while the team has also won FIFA World Cup in two occasions including the inaugural competition in 1930 when they defeated Argentina 4-2 in the final as hosts.
Their second World Cup title came in 1950 when Uruguay and Brazil played a legendary match which recorded a higher attendance than any other football match in the history of the game. Uruguay is the smallest country in the world to have won a World Cup by population, but La Celeste are proud of their football heritage which yielded some of the best footballers in the world over the course of history.
Most notable player of the current selection is Barcelona striker Luis Suarez, who is also the team’s top scorer with 45 goals to his name.
Germany
Hungary
Portugal
France
Brazil
Colombia
Bolivia
Wales
Denmark
Italy
Austria
