South Africa vs South Korea

Group A · Matchday 3

· Estadio BBVA, Monterrey

Group A standings →Bracket →ZA 100% · KR 0% to advance

Goals (1)

63'South Africa

Cards (2)

73'

A. Modiba

South Africa
79'

Cho Gue-Sung

South Korea

Substitutions (8)

46'

Son Heung-Min for Hwang Hee-Chan

South Korea
46'

Kim Jin-Gyu for Paik Seung-Ho

South Korea
46'

J. Castrop for Lee Tae-Seok

South Korea
62'

T. Moremi for O. Appollis

South Africa
65'

Park Jin-Seob for Kim Min-Jae

South Korea
74'

Cho Gue-Sung for Oh Hyeon-Gyu

South Korea
75'

I. Rayners for T. Maseko

South Africa
80'

J. Adams for R. Mofokeng

South Africa

Match stats

31%Possession69%
13Shots7
4Shots on target2
1.10Expected goals0.63
4Corners5
7Fouls9
3Offsides0
1Saves3
83%Pass accuracy90%

What's at stake

Matchday 3, final group game. Both sides know the exact result they need.

Season form comparison

sample home 4 · away 3

0.50
Goals / match
0.67
1.00
Conceded / match
1.00
25%
BTTS rate
33%
25%
Clean sheet rate
0%
0.00
xG / match (club)
0.69
4.3
Corners / match
6.9
1.6
Yellows / match
1.4
54%
Possession
64%

Head to head · 1 meetings

0

South Africa wins

1

Draws

0

South Korea wins

Last: South Africa 0-0 South Korea (2026-06-25)avg 0.0 goals

Absences

model swing: 0 / 0 pp

South Africa

No known absences.

South Korea

No known absences.

Win probability

Pre-match

The chart fills in from kickoff. We compute live win probability every 30 seconds.

Updated every 30s. Lines smoothed.

The model's read

Medium confidence
  • Result: South Korea are slight favourites at 47%, but it is far from settled.

  • Goals: A low-scoring game looks likely. Under 2.5 is favoured (74%).

  • Both score: Expect at least one clean sheet. Both-teams-score is just 33%.

Most likely score 0-0 (19%)

Why the model leans this way

Factor contributions

home·away

Rest days
-6.0%/+6.0%
Travel
-1.0%/0.0%
Club xG form
-2.2%/-3.0%

Two-model view

Second model api-football

Two models moderately agree

South Africa

0%

Draw

50%

South Korea

50%

Their internal ratings (0-100)

25·
Form
·75
33·
Attack
·67
40·
Defence
·60

Their advice: Combo Double chance : draw or South Korea and -3.5 goals

Surfaced for transparency. We don't blend api-football's numbers into our model — a second opinion, not a vote.

Key players to watch

South Africa

No per-90 data for this squad yet.

Per-90 stats: Rising Transfers (risingtransfers.com), CC BY 4.0

Match analysis

Score-line probability

brighter = more likely

South Africa goals
19
18
11
4
9
14
7
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South Korea goals

Most likely: 0-0 19%, 0-1 18%, 1-1 14%. Outlined cells are draws.

Total goals

over 2.5 = 26%

19
0
27
1
28
2
16
3
7
4
2
5
1
6+

Brighter bars are 3+ goals (over 2.5). Dashed line is the O/U 2.5 split.

Team comparison

AttackDefenceRatingSet-pieceattackSet-piecedefence
South AfricaSouth Korea

Percentile vs all 48 teams. Further out is stronger.

Fair odds for every market

How to use this

Fair odds is the lowest price worth taking. It is where a bet breaks even. If your bookmaker offers a bigger number than the fair odds here, the model says that's value. Shop around: the same bet is often priced differently across books.

Match result

Home win19%5.40
Draw35%2.90
Away win47%2.13

Double chance

Home or draw53%1.89
Home or away65%1.53
Draw or away81%1.23

Draw no bet

Home (DNB)28%3.54
Away (DNB)72%1.39

Total goals

Over 0.581%1.23
Under 0.519%5.37
Over 1.554%1.84
Under 1.546%2.19
Over 2.526%3.83
Under 2.574%1.35
Over 3.510%9.65
Under 3.590%1.12
Over 4.53%29.29
Under 4.597%1.04

Odd / even goals

Odd45%2.20
Even55%1.83

Exact total goals

0 goals19%5.37
1 goals27%3.70
2 goals28%3.54
3 goals16%6.36
4 goals7%14.39
5 goals2%40.70
6+ goals1%104.51

Both teams to score

Yes33%3.05
No67%1.49

Team totals

Home over 0.546%2.20
Home over 1.512%8.03
Home over 2.52%41.82
Away over 0.569%1.46
Away over 1.532%3.10
Away over 2.511%8.93

Clean sheet

Home clean sheet31%3.19
Away clean sheet54%1.84

Win to nil

Home win to nil13%7.86
Away win to nil36%2.79

Asian handicap (home)

Home -2.51%112.77
Home -1.55%20.61
Home -0.518%5.62
Home +0.552%1.91
Home +1.578%1.28
Home +2.593%1.08

Correct score (top 8)

0-019%5.37
0-118%5.48
1-114%7.35
0-211%8.71
1-09%11.35
1-27%14.32
0-34%22.52
2-14%27.33

Half-time result

Home15%6.58
Draw52%1.93
Away33%3.03

Half-time goals

Over 0.555%1.82
Under 0.545%2.22
Over 1.519%5.27
Under 1.581%1.23

Half-time / full-time

Home/Home10%9.91
Home/Draw4%27.03
Home/Away1%71.38
Draw/Home9%11.64
Draw/Draw24%4.17
Draw/Away19%5.20
Away/Home1%151.59
Away/Draw4%27.03
Away/Away29%3.49

Corners (match total)

Indicative
Over 8.578%1.29
Under 8.522%4.48
Over 9.567%1.49
Under 9.533%3.03
Over 10.555%1.81
Under 10.545%2.23
Over 11.543%2.31
Under 11.557%1.76
Over 12.532%3.10
Under 12.568%1.48

Expected total: 11.1

ZA corners

Indicative
Over 3.565%1.54
Under 3.535%2.84
Over 4.546%2.19
Under 4.554%1.84
Over 5.529%3.48
Under 5.571%1.40
Over 6.516%6.19
Under 6.584%1.19

Expected total: 4.4

KR corners

Indicative
Over 3.590%1.11
Under 3.510%9.85
Over 4.579%1.26
Under 4.521%4.84
Over 5.565%1.53
Under 5.535%2.89
Over 6.550%2.01
Under 6.550%1.99

Expected total: 6.7

Yellow cards (match total)

Indicative
Over 2.559%1.70
Under 2.541%2.43
Over 3.536%2.75
Under 3.564%1.57
Over 4.519%5.17
Under 4.581%1.24
Over 5.59%11.23
Under 5.591%1.10

Expected total: 3.0

ZA anytime goalscorer

Indicative

low sample (n=2)

T. Maseko (Attacker)19%5.29
I. Rayners (Attacker)17%6.00
O. Appollis (Attacker)17%6.00
E. Makgopa (Attacker)17%6.00
T. Mokoena (Midfielder)7%14.81
D. Keet (?)6%16.95
S. Hlanti (?)6%16.95
T. Hlatshwayo (?)6%16.95

Expected total: 1.0

KR anytime goalscorer

Indicative

very low sample (n=0)

Lee Dong-Gyeong (Attacker)29%3.40
Gu Sung-Yun (?)11%9.13
Hong Chul (?)11%9.13
Jung Seung-Hyun (?)11%9.13
Kim Jin-Su (?)11%9.13
Kim Young-Gwon (?)11%9.13
Kwon Kyung-Won (?)11%9.13
Park Ji-Soo (?)11%9.13

Expected total: 1.2

Probabilities and fair odds are derived from the model's full score-line distribution (expected goals: home 0.61, away 1.16). Half-time and HT/FT markets use a 45/55 first-half split. These are model estimates, not a betting guarantee.