South Korea vs Kuwait Prediction and Betting Tips | June 10th 2025
South Korea will entertain Kuwait at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in the third round of the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers on Tuesday. The hosts have secured a berth in the main event, while Al-Azraq are at the bottom of the Group B table and have been eliminated from the qualifiers.
Taegeuk Warriors are unbeaten in their last 13 games across all competitions. They returned to winning ways after three games last week, recording a 2-0 away triumph over Iraq in the World Cup qualifiers. Substitutes Oh Hyeon-gyu and Kim Jin-Kyu added goals in the second half.
The visitors are winless in their last five games across all competitions. They suffered a second consecutive defeat in the World Cup qualifiers last week, as they fell to a 2-0 home loss to Palestine.
South Korea vs Kuwait Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- The two sides have squared off 25 times in all competitions. They have contested these meetings closely, with the hosts having a narrow 13-10 lead in wins and two games ending in draws.
- Taegeuk Warriors are unbeaten in their last eight meetings against the visitors and registered a 3-1 away win in the reverse fixture in November.
- Interestingly, the hosts have scored 16 goals while conceding seven times in nine games. Kuwait, on the other hand, have scored seven goals while conceding 16 times.
- The hosts have drawn three of their last five games in all competitions and have conceded one goal apiece in four games during that period.
- Al-Azraq have registered just one win in their nine World Cup qualifying meetings against the hosts.
- The visitors have failed to score in six of their last eight games in this fixture.
South Korea vs Kuwait Prediction
Taegeuk Warriors are unbeaten in all competitions since February 2024 and will look to extend that unbeaten streak here. They have scored at least two goals in six of their last eight games and will look to continue their goalscoring form here. They have won their three World Cup qualifying meetings against the visitors while keeping clean sheets.
Al-Azraq have failed to score in three of their last four games and will look to improve upon that record here. They have endured a winless run in the qualifiers thus far.
Considering the current form of the two teams and recent history, we back the hosts to register a comfortable win.
Prediction: South Korea 2-0 Kuwait
South Korea vs Kuwait Betting Tips
Tip 1: Result - South Korea to win
Tip 2: Goals - Over/Under 2.5 Goals - Under 2.5 goals
Tip 3: Both teams to score - No
Tip 4: At least one goal to be scored in the second half - Yes
