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Group A · Matchday 3 · Gillette Stadium, Boston · Jun 25, 01:00 UTC

🇿🇦 South Africavs🇰🇷 South Korea
16.5%draw 23.7%59.8%

Expected goals: RSA 0.93 · KOR 1.97

SourceRSA winDrawKOR win
Model16.3%22.8%60.9%
Market (Pinnacle)16.6%24.0%59.4%
Blend (published)16.5%23.7%59.8%

Scoreline probabilities

Dixon-Coles adjusted Poisson model — rows RSA, columns KOR

0123450
6.5%
9.8%
10.5%
6.9%
3.4%
1.3%
1
4.3%
11.3%
9.8%
6.4%
3.2%
1.3%
2
2.4%
4.7%
4.8%
3.0%
1.5%
0.6%
3
0.7%
1.5%
1.5%
1.0%
4
5
11 11.3%02 10.5%01 9.8%12 9.8%03 6.9%

Model factors

How each team's effective rating is built

🇿🇦RSA1678effective
Pre-tournament Elo
1700
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
-22.2
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Ronwen Williams, Teboho Mokoena, Themba Zwane.

🇰🇷KOR1821effective
Pre-tournament Elo
1795
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
+26.1
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Son Heung-min, Lee Kang-in, Kim Min-jae.