South Korea vs Uzbekistan - prediction, team news, lineups

South Korea proceed beingness nether interim manager Robert Moreno erstwhile they invited Uzbekistan to Daejeon World Cup Stadium connected Tuesday, with some sides preparing for their last outing earlier the instrumentality of nine football.

The hosts person won one, drawn 1 and mislaid 1 of their 3 matches nether their caller brag during this planetary break, portion the White Wolves person recorded comfy victories implicit Iran and Syria successful caller weeks.

Match preview

South Korea parted ways with manager Hong Myung-bo pursuing their group-stage exit astatine the 2026 FIFA World Cup earlier this summer, bringing an extremity to his 2nd spell successful complaint aft little than 2 years astatine the helm.

The Tigers of Asia began their World Cup run with a 2-1 comeback triumph implicit the Czech Republic, their archetypal opening-game triumph since 2010, earlier suffering 1-0 defeats to Mexico and South Africa, with the determination to permission skipper and associated apical scorer Son Heung-min retired of the broadside leaving galore perplexed.

The Korea Football Association person since appointed Spanish brag Moreno connected an interim basis, with his declaration covering six matches successful the dugout and moving until November 27, 2026.

Three of those six fixtures person already been played, with South Korea beating Ecuador 3-0 acknowledgment to second-half goals from Hyeon-gyu Oh, Son and Dong-gyeong Lee to assertion their archetypal triumph since June.

A dense 4-1 decision to Uruguay followed earlier a goalless gully with different South American opponent, Venezuela, connected Friday, meaning South Korea person present experienced each imaginable effect nether their caller manager.

As for the visitors, they are presently led by Italian fable Fabio Cannavaro, who volition scope the one-year day of his assignment arsenic Uzbekistan manager connected the aforesaid time arsenic this friendly.

Cannavaro, who made 136 appearances for his country, has overseen 5 wins, 2 draws and six defeats crossed his 13 matches successful complaint of the White Wolves.

Like their opponents, Uzbekistan were eliminated from the World Cup aft defeats to Colombia, Portugal and DR Congo near them bottommost of Group K with conscionable 2 goals scored and 11 conceded.

More recently, though, Cannavaro's broadside person enjoyed an awesome planetary break, beating Iran and Syria to people 7 goals crossed their past 2 matches portion conceding conscionable twice.

Those victories constituent to wide signs of improvement, though conceding successful some matches means Uzbekistan person present failed to support a cleanable expanse successful each of their past 7 games.

The sides conscionable connected Tuesday nighttime with South Korea boasting the stronger head-to-head record, having avoided decision successful each of their erstwhile 9 meetings with Uzbekistan.

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Team News

Both sides person rotated their squads heavy during this planetary interruption and tin participate their last lucifer without immoderate further injuries having been sustained.

Former Tottenham Hotspur guardant Son is 1 extremity distant from becoming South Korea's outright apical scorer and is expected to skipper the broadside erstwhile again arsenic helium looks to people his 59th extremity for his state successful his 151st quality for the nationalist team.

Moreno is expected to clasp the 4-4-2 enactment helium has utilized successful each of his 3 matches successful charge, with Song Bum-kuen perchance continuing successful extremity aft replacing Kim Seung-gyu past clip out.

The visitors, meanwhile, volition beryllium looking to marque it 3 consecutive victories for the archetypal clip nether Cannavaro erstwhile they question to East Asia.

Manchester City defender Abdukodir Khusanov is expected to clasp his spot successful a backmost four, portion skipper Eldor Shomurodov could instrumentality to the starting broadside aft opening their latest triumph connected the bench.

Goalkeeper Abduvokhid Nematov is besides expected to stay betwixt the sticks contempt scoring an ain extremity successful the 3rd infinitesimal of stoppage clip past clip out.

South Korea imaginable starting lineup:

Song; Seol, H. Lee, Min-jae, Cho; K. Lee, Park, In-beom, Kim; Oh, Son

Uzbekistan imaginable starting lineup:

Nematov; Karimov, Khusanov, Urozov, Mahamadjonov; Khamrobekov, Mozgovoy; Amanov, Esanov, Fayzullaev; Norchaev

We say: South Korea 1-1 Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan caput into this contention successful bully form, but they look a South Korea broadside determined to extremity the planetary interruption connected a affirmative enactment aft 2 disappointing results successful their past 2 matches.

We expect a intimately contested brushwood successful Daejeon, with the 2 sides yet cancelling each different retired and sharing the spoils.

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