Colombia vs South Korea Prediction: A low scoring affair

Colombia and South Korea will go head-to-head for the second game of Group H, after Germany played against Morocco earlier. The Colombians are coming off a 2-2 draw against China in their last friendly match, while South Korea won against Haiti by 2-1 in their last friendlies.

Colombia played 14 friendly games prior to the World Cup and they had 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats in those games. While South Korea played 3 friendly games and had 3 wins.

Colombia were not in their best form in recent friendly games leading to the World Cup, but it is yet to be determined how that will affect them in the tournament. In their last 5 games, they had 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. They were able to defeat Panama 2-0, and they played a draw against China and Panama, but lost against France and Italy.

The last time Colombia played in the World Cup was in 2015, where they were drafted in Group F, alongside France, England and Mexico. After the opening 3 games in the group stages, they won 1, drew 1 and lost 1 game, leaving them in 3rd place with 2 points behind England in 2nd place. The Colombia team will be hoping they can break the jinx in this year’s world cup and get through to the knockout stages.

Team streak: no losses (3), both teams scoring (5/6), first to score (5/7).

The South Koreans are coming into this tournament on the back of three straight wins in their last 3 friendly games against Zambia and Haiti. However, prior to these games they played in the Arnold Clark Cup and they were very poor in the tournament. Other teams in the group were England, Belgium and Italy. After 3 games, South Korea scored 0 points as they lost all 3 games in the group.

South Korea played in the 2019 Women's World Cup in Group A and they had a similar experience as they finished bottom of the group with 0 points after 3 games. They were grouped alongside France, Norway and Nigeria. Throughout the tournament, they managed to score just 1 goal, while conceding 8 goals. The South Koreans will also want to have a different experience in this World Cup after their bad experience in the previous edition.

These two teams are not the best teams on the big stage. They have both had terrible experiences in their previous World Cup tournaments and their chances of doing better in this edition is slimmer to none. Colombia and South Korea have similar problems with the organization of the team and most especially in the goal scoring department. Colombia will most likely want to opt for Catalina Usme to lead the attacking line. She currently plays for Colombian outfit America de Cali Femenino. She played in the 2015 World Cup and scored 1 goal in 4 games and a year later she also played in the Olympic Games and she had 2 goals in 3 games. She’s not a very lethal striker in my books and I don't expect her to perform differently in this tournament.

For South Korea, Yeo Min-ji was their most outstanding player in the 2019 World Cup and she had just 1 goal in that tournament. It is likely that the team will opt for veteran striker Eun Sun Park, who is certainly the most experienced attacker in the ranks. She scored 2 goals and gave an assist in the 5-0 win over Zambia in the friendly games and it is likely she will lead the line in this game.

This game should end with very few goals if there are any.

• Both Teams to Score No at 1.67 Odds
• Under 2 Goals at 1.82 Odds
• Both Teams to Score No at 1.66 Odds