South Korea vs Venezuela Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting form lines up nicely

South Korea's sample of 20 matches shows 12 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, with 39 goals scored and just 15 conceded. That includes wins over Mexico and Czechia during their World Cup group games back in June, and their most recent outing was a 3-0 win over Ecuador.

South Korea: 20 completed matches; Venezuela: 20 completed matches.

South Korea

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

15

Difference

+24

Venezuela

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

24

Conceded

30

Difference

-6

Venezuela's record from the same length sample reads very differently: 5 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, with 24 goals for and 30 against. There's a heavy 3-6 home defeat to Colombia in there, along with losses to Argentina and Uruguay in South American qualifying, though they did beat Trinidad and Tobago 4-1 in a more recent friendly.

South Korea look the more settled side of the two on this sample.

Comparative Team Statistics: South Korea vs Venezuela

Cho Gue-Sung leading the line stats-wise

The only individual detail available here is South Korea's Cho Gue-Sung, who's scored 2 goals in 3 matches within this sample. That's a decent scoring rate, though it's just a snapshot rather than a full picture of the squad.

South Korea:

Best scorers:

Son Heung-Min - 3

Lee Dong-Gyeong - 2

There's no comparable data for Venezuela, so we can't say anything meaningful about their personnel heading into this fixture.

What might unfold

This is a friendly, so both camps could use it to experiment rather than chase a result at all costs. That makes South Korea's clear form advantage a little less certain than it looks on paper.

Venezuela's away sample includes some tough away days against strong opposition, so they're not unused to difficult territory. How much either side prioritises this particular match isn't something the data can tell us.