South Africa vs South Korea
Bawler weighs each team's recent scoring and defending, then adjusts for home advantage and injuries to work out how this match is likely to go. This page shows the full chain — every number we used.
Back Over 2.5 Goals at 70% — South Korea's 1.77 xG and 0.87 edge in shot quality versus South Africa's 0.90 forecasts a high-variance, open match where Son Heung-min's 28% of attacking load torments a home defence facing nearly double the visitors' expected output.
South Africa average 2.5 corners per game at home this season (2 competitive matches). South Korea average 4.0 corners per game away from home this season (2 competitive matches).
Model probabilities for this fixture, ordered by likelihood. Estimates from rolling expected goals — not guarantees.
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South Africa vs South Korea — Head-to-Head
This is the first meeting Bawler has on record between South Africa and South Korea — the model's ledger starts at model launch, so no earlier fixtures between these two sides have been logged and settled yet.
The model's verdict for this fixture: South Africa 17% · draw 29% · South Korea 55%.
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Model estimates from rolling expected goals — not guaranteed outcomes. Past accuracy does not guarantee future results.