In my opinion South Korea have really good chances to win in today's match up.

First match between both teams in Iran finished with draw 1:1, but in that close encounter South Korea looked like little bit better team. Today, thei advantage at home ground should be even more visible.

South Korea is on second place, two points behind Iran. If they want to finish first, they have to win this game. Looks like motivation is big, hosts coach Paulo Bento said: "A draw for them (Iran) is a result that can make them stay in the first position. On the other side, there will be a team (South Korea) that wants to reach three points and first position, and, of course, should take some risks during the game. I am confident we 'll be able to take those risks and reach the victory, and make our fans happy."

Both teams are very solid at the back as each team conceded only 2 goals in 8 qualies matches so far, but I see two departments where South Korea should have really good advantage:

1. South Korea is really good team with the ball and they should be able to control middle zone without too many problems. In last 5 consecutive matches in all competitions they had ball possession % able 66%. Even in first match between both teams they had higher ball possession so today I expect their dominance. In addition to that Iran key central midfielder Ghoddos from Brentford is unavailable

2. South Korea have really big potential upfront, they have Hwang from Bordeaux (10 goals in Ligue 1), they have Son from Tottenham (13 goals in Premier League) and they have Hwang from Wolverhampton (5 goals in Premier League). Without any shadow of doubt - this is big firepower. On the other hand Iran have big problems upfront before today's match. They coming here without their two the best scorers (they scored 7 of 13 Iran goals in qualies!!!). Taremi from Porto and Jahankabhash from Feyenoord are unavailable. In addition to that other key striker Azmoun (2 goals) just came back from injury and his form is under big question mark

All in all, South Korea is solid favorite here and they have excellent chances to win front of home crowd.

在我看来，韩国队在今天的比赛中获胜的机会非常大。

两队在伊朗的首场比赛以 1:1 的比分结束，但在那次交锋中，韩国队看起来稍微好一点。今天，他们在主场的优势应该更加明显。

韩国排名第二，落后伊朗两分。如果他们想拿到小组第一必须赢得这场比赛。看起来动力很大，东道主教练保罗·本托说：“平局对他们（伊朗）来说是一个可以让他们保持在第一位置的结果。另一方面，韩哥也想要第一的位置，当然，在比赛中应该承担一些风险。我相信我们能够承担这些风险并取得胜利，让我们的球迷开心。”

两支球队的后防线都非常稳固，到目前为止在 8 场资格赛中只丢了 2 球，但我认为韩国在两个环节拥有非常好的优势：

1. 南韩国队的控球能力真的很强，他们应该能够控制中场而不会出现太多问题。在所有比赛的最后5场连续比赛中，他们的控球率达到了66%。即使在两队之间的第一场比赛中，他们的控球率也更高，所以今天我预计他们会占据主导地位。除此之外，来自布伦特福德的伊朗关键中场戈多斯无法上场

2. 韩国的前场实力更强，他们有来自波尔多的黄（在法甲联赛中打进 10 球），他们有来自托特纳姆的孙兴慜（在英超联赛中打进 13 球），他们有来自狼队的黄（在英超联赛中打进 5 球）。毫无疑问 - 这是强大的火力。另一方面，伊朗在今天的比赛前有很大的问题。他们的两名最佳射手缺席（他们在资格赛中打进了伊朗 13 球中的 7 球！！！）。波尔图的 Taremi 和 Feyenoord 的 Jahankabhash 无法出场。除了其他关键前锋阿兹蒙（2个进球）刚刚伤愈复出，出战存疑。

总而言之，韩国队是本场的热门，他们有很好的机会在主场观众面前获胜。