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South Korea vs China Predictions & Betting Tips - Taegeuk Warriors to Win at the East Asian Football Championship

Eddy Tora

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Last updated: 07 Jul 2025

Eddy Tora 07 Jul 2025

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China have lost to nil in 5 straight games against South Korea
I am backing the Taegeuk Warriors in the EAFF Championship

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South Korea have won to nil in their last 5 games against China (Getty)

South Korea vs China Preview

South Korea have a weakened squad here but should still be too good for China. The Taegeuk Warriors have home advantage in Yongin where they can make a winning start at the East Asian Football Championship.

South Korea vs China Preview
Stats
HTH
Last 5 Meetings
South Korea Form
South Korea Squad
China Form
China Squad

Stats

South Korea have won to nil in their last 2 matches.
South Korea have won to nil in their last 5 matches against China.
China have lost to nil in 3 of their last 4 matches.

HTH

South Korea have a 23-2 advantage against China alongside 12 draws.

Last 5 Meetings

Competition	Date	Home	Score	Away
World Cup qualification Asia	11.06.2024	South Korea	1:0	China
World Cup qualification Asia	21.11.2023	China	0:3	South Korea
East Asian Football Championship	20.07.2022	China	0:3	South Korea
East Asian Football Championship	15.12.2019	South Korea	1:0	China
AFC Asian Cup	16.01.2019	South Korea	2:0	China

South Korea Form

South Korea won both World Cup qualifiers in June to finish top of Group B, six points clear of Jordan.

The Taegeuk Warriors won 2-0 in Iraq where they played against 10 men for over an hour. Jin-gyu Kim and Hyeon-gyu Oh scored in the second half in Basra.

Myung-bo Hong’s side returned to Seoul where they defeated Kuwait 4-0. Jeon Jin-Woo, Lee Kang-In, Oh Hyeon-Gyu and Lee Jae-Sung were on target as they ended with 71% possession and 8-0 shots on target.

South Korea Squad

Position	Player	Caps	Goals
Goalkeeper	Lee Chang-geun	2	0
Goalkeeper	Kim Dong-heon	0	0
Goalkeeper	Jo Hyeon-woo	42	0
Defender	Cho Hyun-taek	0	0
Defender	Lee Tae-seok	5	0
Defender	Kim Ju-sung	3	0
Defender	Park Seung-wook	3	0
Defender	Kim Moon-hwan	28	0
Defender	Seo Myung-gwan	0	0
Defender	Kim Tae-hyun	0	0
Defender	Byeon Jun-soo	0	0
Defender	Kim Tae-hyeon	0	0
Midfielder	Park Jin-seob	6	1
Midfielder	Kim Jin-gyu	9	3
Midfielder	Na Sang-ho	28	2
Midfielder	Kim Bong-soo	0	0
Midfielder	Lee Dong-gyeong	10	1
Midfielder	Moon Seon-min	18	2
Midfielder	Kang Sang-yoon	0	0
Midfielder	Jeon Jin-woo	2	0
Midfielder	Lee Seung-won	0	0
Midfielder	Seo Min-woo	0	0
Midfielder	Mo Jae-hyeon	0	0
Forward	Joo Min-kyu	9	2
Forward	Lee Ho-jae	0	0
Forward	Oh Se-hun	9	2

China Form

China played two World Cup qualifiers in June, starting with a 1-0 defeat in Indonesia where they ended with 0.45 expected goals.

Dragon Team beat Bahrain 1-0 in Chongqing thanks to Yudong Wang’s 93rd minute penalty. It was a deserved victory but not enough to avoid finished fifth in Group C.

Branko Ivankovic was sacked as manager less than two weeks ago, Dejan Djurdjevic taking over on a caretaker basis.

China Squad

Position	Player	Caps	Goals
Goalkeeper	Keisuke Osako	9	0
Goalkeeper	Tomoki Hayakawa	0	0
Goalkeeper	Alexandre Pisano	0	0
Defender	Hayato Araki	1	0
Defender	Taiyo Koga	1	0
Defender	Yuto Nagatomo	142	4
Defender	Tomoya Ando	0	0
Defender	Naomichi Ueda	16	1
Defender	Yuto Tsunashima	0	0
Midfielder	Henry Heroki Mochizuki	0	0
Midfielder	Hayao Kawabe	6	1
Midfielder	Yūki Soma	14	5
Midfielder	Yuto Ozeki	0	0
Midfielder	Sho Inagaki	1	2
Midfielder	Zento Uno	0	0
Midfielder	Kōta Tawaratsumida	2	0
Midfielder	Ryunosuke Satō	1	0
Midfielder	Tojiro Kubo	0	0
Midfielder	Sota Nakamura	0	0
Forward	Taisei Miyashiro	0	0
Forward	Takuma Nishimura	5	3
Forward	Mao Hosoya	7	2
Forward	Ryo Germain	0	0
Forward	Shin Yamada	0	0
Forward	Yuki Kakita	0	0

Verdict

South Korea v China

South Korea have home advantage at the East Asian Football Championship. I am backing the Taegeuk Warriors to win this one 1-0.

South Korea Win

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