South Korea and Ghana, who are in Group H, will face each other on Monday as part of the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The match will start at 7:30 PM at the Education City Stadium. In the first match of the group stage, South Korea held Uruguay to a goalless draw. Ghana lost 3-2 to Portugal in an exciting match. Both teams will be aiming for their first win.
Ghana also needs a win to maintain its chances of reaching the knockout stages. In the first round, all five African countries could not win. In the second round, Senegal defeated host Qatar and Morocco defeated Belgium. Ghana also wants to continue the rhythm of the African team. Tunisia has been defeated by Australia in the second round. Another African nation, Cameroon, is playing against Serbia on Monday.
South Korea is playing in the World Cup for the sixth time in a row. Korea, which reached the semi-finals when it hosted the World Cup jointly with Japan in 2002, is again looking for similar results. At that time, Korea was fourth after losing to Turkey. Korea is the team with the best results from Asia in the World Cup.
From Africa, Ghana has also achieved the same feat. Ghana reached the last 16 in their first participation in 2006 and further improved it by reaching the quarter-finals in 2010. From Africa, Cameroon, Senegal, and Ghana have reached the quarter-finals so far. In 2014, Ghana was eliminated from the group stage and did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup. Ghana is winless in their last 5 World Cup matches. There are two draws and three losses.
In 2018, South Korea, who defeated former champions Germany in the group stage, was eliminated from the group stage. Korea is aiming to reach the last 16 after 2016. There have been 6 matches between Ghana and Korea so far and all of them are friendly matches. Both teams have won 3-3 games.