Match Jordan - South Korea

On February 6, the teams of Jordan and South Korea will play in the first semi-final of the Asian Cup. A match with a clear favorite, because many were expecting South Korea already in the final, and after the elimination of the Japanese team - even with the winner's cup in their hands, but at such a late stage of the playoffs anything can happen, so just for South Korea to win, in my opinion In my opinion, it’s not worth betting, it’s better to choose a more interesting option.

At the current Asian Cup, the Jordan team met only South Korea among strong opponents, and they played 2-2 in the group stage. Moreover, if it weren’t for the own goal in the last minutes, Jordan would have won the match and beat the Koreans in their group. Although it is worth saying that the difference in xG was not at all in Jordan’s favor - 0.23 - 2.75. Then Jordan went through a fairly simple bracket, playing in the 1/8 with Iraq (2-3) and in the 1/8 with Tajikistan (0-1). Moreover, if the match with Tajikistan could only be watched after drinking 3 cups of coffee so as not to fall asleep, then the 1/8 match with the Iraqi national team became a real thriller - losing 5 minutes before the end of the match, Jordan managed to score 2 goals and move on. And in general, all of Jordan’s victories were not logical, although as they say, “don’t look for logic in football.”

The South Korean national team made its fans nervous throughout the group stage and playoffs. But if they left the group from 2nd place plus or minus calmly, although clearly no one expected 2 draws with Malaysia and Jordan, then in the 1/8 and quarterfinals they were able to move the match into extra time only in the last minutes of the matches. If it weren’t for me watching South Korean matches before, I could say that they constantly underestimate their opponents, but here it’s more likely that the teams are closing down and only the already tired ones begin to sag under the pressure of the Koreans.

An interesting statistic worth noting is the 2nd half goals in Jordan's matches - only the Bahrain match had no goals in the second half. The same goes for the South Korean national team - in every match they scored in the 2nd half, 7 goals in 5 matches. And judging by the games of South Korea in 1/8 and ¼, in order to start playing, the timer must reach 70-75 minutes and the Koreans must lose in order to finally turn on 100%.

Sportwars.net forecast for the Asian Cup semi-final match, Jordan - South Korea: 2nd half Total Over 1.5, odds 2.22.