South Korea vs Bahrain betting preview

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Bahrain can upset the odds in Group C if they upset favourites South Korea in their opening game on Monday at the Asian Cup. Bet on South Korea vs Bahrain at PaddyPower after reading our preview at Sportsbookie.com.

Korea’s strength lies in their midfield, where they have a host of UK based players available. They are captained by Park Ji Sung, who plays for Manchester United. Then there is Celtic’s Ki Sung-Yueng and Lee Chung-Yong, who plies his trade for Bolton Wanderers.

Korea’s form in their last five international fixtures has been mixed. They beat Nigeria and Syria, lost to Uruguay and Iran and drew against neighbours Japan.

South Korea form- last five games- most recent first- Korea scorers in brackets-

Syria 0-1 Korea ( Dong-Won Ji)
Korea 0-0 Japan
Korea 0-1 Iran
Korea 2-1 Nigeria (Bit-Garam Yoon,Hyo-Jin Choi)
Uruguay 2-1 Korea (Lee Chung-Yong)

Last used starting XI:- in friendly against Syria on 30th December

Jung Sung-Ryong, Lee Young-Pyo,Lee Jung-Soo,Cho Yong-Hyung, Hyo-Jin Choi, Yong Rae Lee, Ki Sung-Yueng, Kim Bo-Kyung, Park Ji Sung, Lee Chung-Yong, Shin-Wook Kim

Bahrain did not warm up for the tournament in the best of fashion as they lost 1-0 to South Arabia and North Korea. They did beat Jordan 2-1, but that came at a heavy price as skipper Mohammed Salmeen broke his leg in the game. Other injured players include Hussain Salman , Abdulla Al Marzooqi and Salman Isa.

Bahrain form- last five games- most recent first- Bahrain scorers in brackets-

Bahrain 0-1 North Korea
Bahrain 0-1 Saudi Arabia
Jordan 1-2 Bahrain (Faouzi Aiash, Ismail Abdullatif )
Bahrain 1-1 Uzbekistan
UAE 3-1 Bahrain (Abdullah Fatadi)

The absence of several key players will hurt Bahrain. While this team are no pushovers, South Korea should be too strong for them if they get their act together.

Verdict:- South Korea 3-0 Bahrain ( Park, Ki Sung-Yueng,Ji Dong-Won)

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