Iraq vs South Korea: prediction & betting odds 5 June 2025

The Matchday 9 encounter of the third stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers between Iraq and South Korea will take place on June 5 at the International Stadium in Basra. Iraq vs. South Korea: prediction and betting odds, statistics.

Referee

Yusuke Araki (Japan)


Matches – 8 (International matches, 2024/25);

Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 35;

Average yellow cards per match – 4.4;

Red cards shown – 2;

Average fouls per match – 23;

Penalties – 25%.

Betting tips 5 June 2025

South Korea have progressed through the current stage of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers with a perfect record, and their upcoming match in Basra against Iraq could confirm their place in the final tournament. Even without their full-strength line-up, the visitors appear notably superior to their hosts, who still have a viable chance of direct qualification.

A relatively manageable group has allowed Iraq to remain among the top three heading into the final two rounds. However, their March performances were underwhelming: a 2:2 draw with Kuwait followed by a 1:2 loss to Palestine led to a managerial change. Under Graham Arnold, the former Australia coach, the squad remains in contention for a spot in the finals, although their squad value is nearly ten times less than that of South Korea.

Earlier this year, a disappointing Asian Cup campaign and internal issues prompted significant changes within the South Korea camp. Since then, they have gone unbeaten in 12 matches. Recent draws against Palestine, Oman and Jordan (all 1:1) featured an experimental line-up. South Korea lead Group B in attacking output, scoring 14 goals while conceding just seven over eight matches — the same number as Jordan and Iraq.

The two teams have faced each other three times since November 2021, with South Korea winning on every occasion. While Iraq will hope to take points at home against the group leaders, backing the visitors with a handicap (0) appears the more secure option.

Betting prediction
South Korea (0)
Cf
Odds
13/25
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Iraq vs South Korea Odds

AFC World Cup: previous matches in the tournament

Iraq
25.03.25
Palestine
Iraq
L
20.03.25
Iraq
Kuwait
D
19.11.24
Oman
Iraq
W
14.11.24
Iraq
Jordan
D
15.10.24
South Korea
Iraq
L
10.10.24
Iraq
Palestine
W
10.09.24
Kuwait
Iraq
D
05.09.24
Iraq
Oman
W
11.06.24
Iraq
Vietnam
W
06.06.24
Indonesia
Iraq
W
26.03.24
Philippines
Iraq
W
21.03.24
Iraq
Philippines
W
21.11.23
Vietnam
Iraq
W
16.11.23
Iraq
Indonesia
W
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South Korea
25.03.25
South Korea
Jordan
D
20.03.25
South Korea
Oman
D
19.11.24
Palestine
South Korea
D
14.11.24
Kuwait
South Korea
W
15.10.24
South Korea
Iraq
W
10.10.24
Jordan
South Korea
W
10.09.24
Oman
South Korea
W
05.09.24
South Korea
Palestine
D
11.06.24
South Korea
China PR
W
06.06.24
Singapore
South Korea
W
26.03.24
Thailand
South Korea
W
21.03.24
South Korea
Thailand
D
21.11.23
China PR
South Korea
W
16.11.23
South Korea
Singapore
W
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H2H: Iraq — South Korea

AFC World Cup
15.10.24
South Korea
Iraq
Friendlies 2016-2017
07.06.17
Iraq
South Korea
0
:
0

Group stage

WC Qualification Asia: Group C
Team
Played
Matches played
W
D
L
Goals
Goals
Points
Points
1
South Korea
  1:1 3:2 1:1 0:0 -:- 8 4 4 0
14:7
16
2
Jordan
0:2   -:- 4:0 3:1 0:0 8 3 4 1
13:7
13
3
Iraq
0:2 0:0   1:0 1:0 2:2 8 3 3 2
8:7
12
4
Oman
1:3 0:3 0:1   1:0 4:0 8 3 1 4
8:10
10
5
Palestine
1:1 1:3 2:1 -:-   2:2 8 1 3 4
7:12
6
6
Kuwait
1:3 0:0 0:0 0:1 0:2   8 0 5 3
7:14
5

Team lineups

Iraq

Jesús Casas
coach
Player Matches Goals
Line-up
Jalal Hassan Hachim
gk. 10 -3
Hussein Haydar Hussein Ali
df. 13 1
Rebin Gharib Sulaka
df. 13 0
Merchas Ghazi Salih Doski
df. 9 0
Zaid Tahseen Abd Zaid Hantoosh
df. 8 1
Ali Jasim El Aibi Al Tameemi
mf. 14 2
Ibrahim Bayesh Kamil Al Kaabawi
mf. 14 2
Amir Fouad Aboud Al Ammari
mf. 13 1
Osama Jabbar Shafeeq Rashid
mf. 7 1
Youssef Wali Faeq Amyn
fw. 13 2
Ali Ibrahim Karim Al Hamadi
fw. 4 1
Substitutes
Ahmed Basil Fadhil Al Fadhli
gk. 4 -4
Fahad Talib Raheem
gk. 0 0
Ahmed Yahya Mhmood Al Hajjaj
df. 5 0
Munaf Younus Hashim Al Tekreeti
df. 5 0
Frans Dhia Jirjis Haddad
df. 4 0
Ali Faez Atiyah
df. 2 0
Saad Natiq Naji
df. 2 0
Hasan Abdulkareem Jabbar Sayyid
mf. 1 0
Marko Hussein Farji
mf. 0 0
Mohammed Qasim Majid
mf. 0 0
South Korea

Hong Myung-Bo
coach
Player Matches Goals
Line-up
Hyeon-Woo Jo
gk. 12 -7
Young-Woo Seol
df. 12 0
Yu-Min Cho
df. 8 0
Kyung-Won Kwon
df. 4 0
Tae-Seok Lee
df. 3 0
Jae-Sung Lee
mf. 14 4
In-Beom Hwang
mf. 13 0
Kang-In Lee
mf. 13 4
Hee-Chan Hwang
fw. 9 4
Se-Hun Oh
fw. 8 2
Substitutes
Chang-Geun Lee
gk. 0 0
Dong-Heon Kim
gk. 0 0
Han-Beom Lee
df. 0 0
Hyun-Taek Cho
df. 0 0
Ju-Sung Kim
df. 0 0
Jun Choi
df. 0 0
Jin-Seop Park
mf. 2 1
Seon-Min Moon
mf. 1 0
Hyeon-Gyu Oh
fw. 7 2
Hyun-Jun Yang
fw. 2 0
Jin-Gyu Kim
fw. 0 0

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