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Match predictionOur tip: 2-1

Mexico vs South Korea 2026 World Cup Prediction: Hosts Aim to Cement Group Lead

Mexico and South Korea meet in a Group A match up on 19 June 2026 at Estadio Akron in Guadalajara, with both sides having won their opening games and a clear incentive to go top of the section early. Mexico…

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  • It's week 2 of the 2026 World Cup on 2026-06-19 at 02:00 GMT, when Mexico and Korea Republic go head-to-head.
  • Expect 3-4 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 25 fouls this match from Referee G. Tejera based on their last 9 games.
  • There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Javier Aguirre and Hong Myung-Bo.
  • Mexico are 1st in the standings with 3 points, followed by Korea Republic in 2nd on 3 points.
  • Neither Mexico nor Korea Republic are missing any players.
  • Our forecast has Mexico in a 4-man backline (4-1-4-1), with Korea Republic set to counter in 3-4-2-1.
  • Mexico came off a win (2-0 vs South Africa) and Korea Republic also triumphed (2-1 vs Czech Republic).
  • Mexico (4-1-0) and Korea Republic (3-0-2) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
  • Dominance for Mexico: across 6 clashes, they've won 3 games and only lost 1 game to Korea Republic, with 2 stalemates.
  • 1-1 leads the pack at 18.2% of all our users' guesses, with 2-2 next on 11.7%.

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Mexico is going head to head with South Korea on 19/6/2026 01:00 GMT for the WorldCup World Cup. Our users most predicted score for this game is 1 - 1. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Mexico v South Korea H2H statistics!