Republic of Korea
Line-up
- 1Seung-Gyu Kim
- 19Young-Gwon Kim
- 4Min-Jae Kim
- 2Yong Lee
- 5Woo-Young Jung
- 7Son Heung-Min
- 18Hwang Ui-jo
- 3Jin-Su Kim
- 8Se-Jong Ju
- 9Ji Dong-Won
- 12Lee Seung-Woo
- 14Chul Hong
- 6In-Beom Hwang
- 17Lee Chung-Yong
- 11Hwang Hee-Chan
Subs
- 23Hyun-Woo Cho
- 21Jin-Hyeon Kim
- 15Seung-Hyeon Jung
- 22Moon-Hwan Kim
- 20Kyung-Won Kwon
- 13Koo Ja-Cheol
- 10Jae-Sung Lee
Bahrain
Line-up
- 3Al Hayam, Waleed
- 5Alshamsan, Hamad
- 4Saeed, Sayed
- 7Al Safi, Abdulwahab
- 23Abdulrahman, Jamal Rashed
- 19Al Aswad, Kamil Hasan
- 8Mohamed Jasim Marhoon
- 13Al Romaihi, Mohamed
- 22Fardan, Abdulkarim
- 9Alhumaidan, Mahdi Faisal
- 20Al Husaini, Sami
- 10Yusuf Helal, Abdulla
- 1Alawi Shubbar, Sayed
- 16Issa, Sayed
- 11Ali Madan
Subs
- 21Habib, Yusuf
- 12Juma, Ahmed Ali
- 2Baqer, Sayed
- 17Bughammar, Ahmed
- 18Ahmed Abdulla Ali
- 14Ali Haram
- 6Moosa, Ahmed Merza
- 15Alshaikh, Jasim Ahmed
It was all very easy for South Korea in the groups. Paulo Bento’s men barely got out of first gear when beating the Philippines by a goal to nil first time out, while they didn’t need to do too much more to beat either Kyrgyzstan or China. After three easy wins, one of the pre-tournament favourites will be looking to continue moving in the right direction.
Quite simply, the South Koreans have far more to offer than their opponents on Tuesday, at both ends of the pitch. A disparity in quality is expected to be apparent right from the word go and punters can profit by backing South Korea -1 handicap. Bento’s side are yet to concede a goal at this tournament and Bahrain have shown nothing to suggest that they can put the Reds under enough pressure to find the back of the net, while South Korea have more than enough forward quality to hurt an opposing back-line that has looked shaky against lesser attacks.