World Preliminary Tournament Thailand VS South Korea: The home team wins! In the first four rounds, South Korea, Thailand, and the national football team have the same score

In the second group stage of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers in Asia, South Korea, China, Thailand and Singapore are in the same group. According to the competition system, after the double round-robin of home and away, the top two in the group will advance to the third stage of the top 18.

From the analysis of strength, it is normal for South Korea, which is at the top level in Asia, and China, a traditional powerhouse in Asia, to advance. Judging from the first 2 rounds of the group stage, it seems to be like this. In the first round, the national football team defeated Thailand 2:1 away, and South Korea swept Singapore 5:0 at home, and in the second round, the national football team lost 0:3 at home to South Korea, and Thailand defeated Singapore 3:1 away.

It was the stronger side that won the game, and the national football team reversed Thailand 2:1 away, which was a bit of a fluke, but it was also a reflection of normal strength. Losing 0:3 to South Korea at home, I lost a lot, but the gap between the strength and others is really big, and they haven't done their best to win the three of you.

Now it's time for the 2023 Asian Cup. After the Asian Cup, everyone should get to know each other again.

South Korea, nicknamed the "Taiji Tiger", seems to be turning into a paper tiger, failed to win the Asian Cup, there is a problem with the coach, there is a problem with infighting, in fact, the fundamental problem is that the strength has declined.

South Korea will have little problem qualifying, but it won't be as easy as it used to be.

In the third round, South Korea hosted Thailand, and it is said that the win is a sure thing, and it could be a big win. But there were signs before the game that it wouldn't be so stable.

First of all, after Klinsmann got out of class, in a hurry, South Korea did not have time to find a suitable head coach and let the famous Huang Shanhong be the interim head coach, and the level of the head coach was naturally discounted a lot. The infighting between the two generations of star representatives Son Heung-min and Lee Gang-in is not a good thing for the team.

Secondly, Thailand, which changed its coach in the first two rounds, is no longer "Wuxia Amun". In the 2023 Asian Cup, Thailand drew with Mancini's Saudi Arabia in the group stage, and lost to Uzbekistan 1:2 in the 1/8 finals. Thailand, coached by Japanese Masataka Ishii, is narrowing the gap with the top teams in East and West Asia.

As a result, South Korea was forced to draw 1:1 by Thailand at their home stadium, and what will be the result of going away this time?

Thailand VS South Korea

Nature of competition: 2026 World Cup Qualifiers Asian Zone Phase 2 Group C Round 4

Time: 20:30 on March 26

After the first 3 rounds of Group C, South Korea ranked first with 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 points, Thailand ranked second with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss with 4 points, the national football team also had 4 points, and the goal difference difference was 3 points third, and Singapore was at the bottom with 1 draw, 2 losses and 1 point.

If that's the case, the 4th round of the game, South Korea, Thailand, and the national football team will have the same 7 points, and the national football team will have no problem beating Singapore at home in this round, South Korea will still rank first because of the goal difference, and the national football team will have to beat Singapore by at least four goals to hope to rank second.

Before the game, the president of the Thai Football Association, Wu Lun Pan, said in an interview: 26 years ago, we beat South Korea 2-1 at home, which is really unbelievable, but it did happen. I hope that game will inspire us and hope that miracle will happen again.

But Hwang Sun-hong won't give them that chance, making it clear in his pre-match press conference that he believes his players can bring a win back to South Korea.