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South Korea Football World Cup: Sri Lanka vs South Korea - prediction, and team news

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South Korea Football World Cup: Sri Lanka vs South Korea - prediction, and team news

Sri Lanka and South Korea face off in Football World Cup Qualifying action, with the two sides having had conflicting starts to the campaign. South Korea now sits at the summit of the group, while against is yet to collect a point from their qualifying games.

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At the start of the Football World Cup Qualifying campaign in 2019, Sri Lanka suffered four sequential defeats, falling at the hands of South Korea, Lebanon, and Turkmenistan on two separate times. In those games, the Golden Army accepted 15 goals while failing to register a goal at the other end of the pitch.

That was essentially down to their game against opponents, as South Korea beat Sri Lanka 8-0, with Kim Shin-Wook netting four goals together with a Heung Min-son brace and goals from Hwang Hee-chan and Kwon Chang-hoon. However, Amir Alagic's side did come much closer to option up a result against Lebanon, upon their return to qualifying action.

Ahmed Waseem Razeek procured their first goal of the group stage to put his side 1-0 up, but a Joan Oumari brace and a Mohamad Jalal Kdouh goal turned the game on its head, while Razeek's second goal of the game on the hour mark was powerless to spark a full comeback, with the encounter finishing 3-2. For more details about Football World Cup Packages click here.

While that meant they have now lost their first five qualifying games, Sri Lanka should take convinced positives from a game that saw them go much closer to a result than in the first four matches, and they will goal to build on that going forward. They take on a South Korean side who have had an opposite movement, having picked up 10 points from their opening four matches.

The Tigers of Asia returned to qualifying action with a comfortable 5-0 win over Turkmenistan in Goyang. A Hwang Ui-jo brace and goals from Nam Tae-hee, Kim Young-Gwon, and Chang-hoon sealed a leading victory for Paulo Bento's men, keeping their position at the top of their qualifying group.

With that victory coming together with the dominant 8-0 win over Sri Lanka and a 2-0 win over Turkmenistan, the only slight mark on South Korea's record is a goalless draw with Lebanon in November 2019. That means they are yet to admit a goal in this qualifying campaign while netting 15 goals at the other end. As a result, Bento's side remains resolutely in pole position to qualify out of the group and reach their 10th consecutive World Cup next year.

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Sri Lanka midfielder Ahmed Waseem Razeek will come into this game with plenty of assurance, having pure a brace in their latest narrow defeat to Lebanon. Goalkeeper Sujan Perera is one of their only players to ply their trade overseas, now playing between the sticks for Club Eagles in the Maldives. For more details about Football World Cup Tickets click here.

Defender Dickson Puslas also plays in the Maldives for TC Sports Club, and he will lead the protection. South Korea's star man is unquestionably Tottenham Hotspur attacker Heung Min-son, who registered 17 goals and 10 assists in 37 Premier League presences. The 27-year-old has featured for his nation 90 times, mesh 27 goals in those games.

He is complemented well by fellow forward Hwang Hee-chan, who newly earned a move to RB Leipzig. Temporarily, Gamba Osaka center-back Kim Young-Gwon should play alongside Beijing Guoan's Kim Min-Jae at the heart of the self-justifying line.

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