South Korea W vs Morocco W Prediction & Betting Tips - Womens World Cup

Prediction published on 28/07/2023, 05:45  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 28/07/2023 at 06:34 in Womens World Cup Predictions

South Korea take on Morocco in their second match in Group H of the 2023 Women's World Cup. Both sides lost their opening games with Germany topping this group and Colombia in second. This is a must win game for both South Korea and Morocco but qualification for the knockout rounds still looks difficult. South Korea are in the Women's World Cup finals for the fourth time. Only in 2015 have they managed to make it out of their group, losing in the last 16. Their 2023 campaign didn't get off to a good start as they lost 2-0 to Colombia. That was disappointing considering the Koreans are ranked 17th in the world and the Colombians only 25th. South Korea began 2023 poorly when they lost all three games in the Arnold Clark Cup to England, Belgium and Italy. Form had picked up since then though with three wins and 12 goals scored. They put five past Zambia in both their friendlies with Lee Guem-Min scoring five goals. Zambia are ranked five places below Morocco. Their final warm-up game saw them beat Haiti 2-1. A return to winning form is likely here but with Germany to face in their final group fixture, qualification still looks unlikely.

Morocco are ranked 72nd in the world, that's 19 places lower than Haiti who South Korea recently beat. The African side aren't doing as well as their male counterparts did in the 2022 World Cup. This is their first time in the finals of the Women's World Cup finals and they had a pretty forgettable debut. Morocco came up against a rampant German side who beat them 6-0. It didn't help that two of their side scored goals for the opposition. They'd much prefer them scoring at the right end because Morocco haven't scored in their last six matches, losing four and drawing two. They did draw with Italy and Switzerland so could give South Korea a few problems. Morale might be a problem after that opening match. Our prediction here is for a South Korea win and lead at both half and full time with a side bet on them doing so to nil.