The Matchday 10 encounter in the third stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers between South Korea and Kuwait will take place on June 10 at Seoul Stadium. South Korea vs. Kuwait: prediction and betting odds, statistics.
Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)
Matches – 6 (International matches, 2024/25);
Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 19;
Average yellow cards per match – 3.2;
Red cards shown – 2;
Average fouls per match – 21;
Penalties – 33%.
South Korea have already secured their place at the 2026 World Cup, turning this final group fixture into an opportunity to field less experienced players. Playing in front of their home crowd, the hosts are expected to claim victory. However, Kuwait have shown determination throughout the qualifiers and have put in a number of solid performances. They are already confirmed to finish bottom of the group and will enter this final game playing purely for pride.
South Korea top the group without a single defeat. That said, they have only managed one home victory in four games — against Iraq. In their latest match, they recorded a comfortable 2:0 win over Iraq, even without Son Heung-min in the lineup. Still, their attacking statistics have not been particularly strong compared to other top-tier Asian sides — 16 goals in nine matches, and never more than three goals in a single qualifier.
Kuwait have yet to register a win in the group, but they have earned five draws. During the campaign, they took points off Iraq (2:2, 0:0), Jordan (1:1, 1:1), and even scored against South Korea (1:3). The absence of Yousef Nasser, who scored five of the team’s seven goals, is a major setback. However, their defence has rarely been overrun: only Oman managed to score more than three goals against them (0:4).
South Korea have won each of their last five meetings with Kuwait, but have never scored more than three goals in any of those fixtures. While Kuwait have struggled in this qualifying campaign, they have still managed to compete with some of Asia’s stronger teams. With South Korea already qualified and rotating their squad, a high-scoring performance from the hosts appears unlikely.
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Played
Matches played
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W
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D
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L
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Goals
Goals
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Points
Points
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1
South Korea
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1:1
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3:2
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1:1
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0:0
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4:0
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8 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
14:7
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16 | |
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2
Jordan
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0:2
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0:1
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4:0
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3:1
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0:0
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8 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
13:7
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13 | |
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3
Iraq
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0:2
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0:0
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1:0
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1:0
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2:2
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
8:7
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12 | |
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4
Oman
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1:3
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0:3
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0:1
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1:0
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4:0
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8 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
8:10
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10 | |
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5
Palestine
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1:1
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1:3
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2:1
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1:1
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2:2
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8 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
7:12
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6 | |
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6
Kuwait
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1:3
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0:0
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0:0
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0:1
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0:2
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8 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
7:14
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5 |
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Myung-bo Hong
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coach | ||
| Player | Matches | Goals | |
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Line-up
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Chang-Geun Lee
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gk. | 0 | 0 |
Young-Woo Seol
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df. | 12 | 0 |
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Tae-Seok Lee
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df. | 3 | 0 |
Han-Beom Lee
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Ju-Sung Kim
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df. | 0 | 0 |
In-Beom Hwang
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mf. | 13 | 0 |
Kang-In Lee
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mf. | 13 | 4 |
Jun-Ho Bae
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mf. | 7 | 2 |
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Du-Jae Won
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mf. | 0 | 0 |
Hyeon-Gyu Oh
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fw. | 7 | 2 |
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Substitutes
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Hyeon-Woo Jo
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gk. | 12 | -7 |
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Dong-Heon Kim
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gk. | 0 | 0 |
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Kyung-Won Kwon
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df. | 4 | 0 |
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Hyun-Taek Cho
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Jun Choi
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Seung-Wook Park
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df. | 0 | 0 |
Jae-Sung Lee
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mf. | 14 | 4 |
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Jin-Seop Park
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mf. | 2 | 1 |
Son Heung-min
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fw. | 12 | 10 |
Hee-Chan Hwang
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fw. | 9 | 4 |
Hyun-Jun Yang
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fw. | 2 | 0 |
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Jin-Gyu Kim
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fw. | 0 | 0 |
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Juan Antonio Pizzi Torroija
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coach | ||
| Player | Matches | Goals | |
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Line-up
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Sulaiman Abdulghafoor Mohammad Abdulghafoor
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gk. | 8 | -3 |
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Meshari Awad Fahad Ghanam Al Enezi
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df. | 7 | 0 |
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Mohammad Khaled Abdulmajeed Sweid Salem Al Nassar
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df. | 2 | 0 |
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Ahmad Abdullah Farhan Nabhan Jedaie Al Dhefiri
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mf. | 13 | 0 |
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Fahad Mefreh Hasan Al Hajeri
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mf. | 11 | 0 |
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Redha Hani Wael Mohammad Ahmad Abu Jabarah
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mf. | 11 | 0 |
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Ahmad Jaber Ali Zanki
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mf. | 3 | 0 |
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Jasem Saleh Jasem Mohammad Al Mutar
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mf. | 0 | 0 |
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Youssef Majed Al Shammari
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fw. | 5 | 0 |
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Substitutes
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Ahmad Al Khaledi
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gk. | 0 | 0 |
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Saud Abulaziz Abdullah Eisa Al Hoshan
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gk. | 0 | 0 |
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Hamad Ali Sultan Abdullah Saleh Al Harbi
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df. | 7 | 0 |
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Rashed Saad Naser Al Dosary
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df. | 5 | 0 |
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Moaath Meshal Al Dhafiri
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df. | 3 | 0 |
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Khaled Waleed Sabah Sattam Al Fadhli
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df. | 1 | 0 |
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Mahdi Hussain Khaled Hussain Mohammad Dashti
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df. | 1 | 0 |
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Fawaz Ayedh Abdullah Rajeh Wael Al Otaibi
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mf. | 1 | 0 |
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Moath Asaima Al Enezi
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fw. | 6 | 0 |
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Mubarak Khaled Hamad Al Faneni
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fw. | 1 | 0 |
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