Jordan and South Korea lock horns at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium on Tuesday in the semi-finals of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, in a repeat of their group fixture.
Jordan national football team and Korea Republic national football team (commonly referred to as South Korea) meet again 17 days after the Group Round match which ended in a draw 2-2. Jordan national football team are having a solid run at the moment winning their matches against Tajikistan and Iraq so they’ll try to extend their winning streak with a victory over Korea Republic national football team, however, one part of Jordan national football team has trailed behind in terms of reliability—defence: they have been conceding goals for 6 consecutive home matches now.
Korea Republic national football team are approaching the match in a good mood as well securing victories in 2 straight games against Australia and Saudi Arabia extending their unbeaten streak to 13 matches, however, Korea Republic national football team have been performing poorly in defense lately as they have been conceding goals for 5 consecutive matches now.
Recent Form
Jordan are on a winning streak – they have won Tajikistan and Iraq in their previous 2 matches while Korea Republic are on a winning streak – they have won Australia and Saudi Arabia in their previous 2 matches. Overall, Jordan have won 9 of their last 20 matches, losing 9 and drawing 2, while Korea Republic have won 10 of their last 20 matches, losing 5 and drawing 5.
Jordan have won 4 times (0-1 against Tajikistan on 2nd of February, 2-3 against Iraq on 29th of January, 0-4 against Malaysia on 16th of January and 6-1 against Japan on 9th of January), lost once (0-1 against Bahrain on 25th of January) and drew once (2-2 against Korea Republic on 20th of January) in their most recent 6 matches.
Korea Republic have won 4 times (1-2 against Australia on 2nd of February, 1-1 against Saudi Arabia on 31st of January, 3-1 against Bahrain on 15th of January and 1-0 against Iraq on 6th of January) and drew twice (3-3 against Malaysia on 25th of January and 2-2 against Jordan on 20th of January) in their most recent 6 matches.
Head-to-head
Jordan and Korea Republic have met twice since November 2014. 1 match ended in a draw while Korea Republic have won once. The most recent match between them took place on January 20, 2024 at the Group Round of Asian Cup which ended in a draw – 2-2. Jordan have scored 2 goals in these 2 head-to-head matches in total while Korea Republic have scored 3.