Oman vs South Korea Prediction: South Korea will go all guns blazing

Oman will host South Korea at Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex in Round 3 of the FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. South Korea will go all guns blazing in this game. Who will come out on top after 90 minutes?

Oman form

Although Oman has never moved into the finals of a World Cup, they did have a fairly decent qualification campaign for the 2022 competition, winning 10 out of 18 matches. Guided by Jaroslav Silhavy, they won Group D in the second round by garnering 13 points from six matches with four wins, one draw, and one loss. Despite losing to Iraq in their Group B opener, the team is confident of securing a decent result against the South Koreans. Going into their showdown with the Taeguk Warriors, Oman have played six matches against South Korea, with five losses and one win - indeed in the Asian Cup in October 2003.

Oman Predicted Lineup

Al Mukhaini; Aziz Khalfan, Al Khamis, Al Musalami, Al Busaidi; Al Saadi, Al Aghbari; Al Sabha, Al Yahmadi, Al Mushaifri; Al Ghafri

South Korea form

South Korea has appeared in the finals of 11 World Cups, with a semifinal as the best result in 2002. In 2022, they finished in the round of 16, defeated by Brazil with a score of 4-1, and they will seek qualification to the 2026 World Cup. Under Hong Myung-bo, the team started the Group B campaign with a goalless draw against Palestine, a third in a row after also defeating Singapore 7-0. In the second round of qualification, they finished top of Group C with 16 points from six matches, recording five wins and one draw. Myung-bo, who won 137 caps as a player for the South Korean national team, is in his second spell as head coach of the team, the first having come between 2013 and 2014.

South Korea Predicted Lineup

Hyeon-woo; Mun-ki, Min-jae, Young-gwon, Young-woo; In-beom, Woo-young; Kang-in, Jae-sung, Heung-min; Min-kyu

Oman vs South Korea Expert Tips

If there was any disappointment in this otherwise convincing outing, it was the fact that South Korea could not get a win against Palestine in the last game. But they are expected to get their second win on Tuesday, which would mean four points from two games in the group. We expect more than 2.5 goals in the game.