After these sides both won their opener, who will take charge of Group A at the FIFA World Cup? We look ahead to Friday’s clash with our Mexico vs South Korea prediction and preview.
Mexico vs South Korea: The Key Insights
The Opta supercomputer expects Mexico to make it back-to-back wins as they overcame South Korea in a convincing 48.8% of pre-match simulations. South Korea could win their opening two matches at a World Cup for the first time in history. Raúl Jiménez has scored in his last two matches against South Korea.Mexico and South Korea will both hope to seize control of Group A at the World Cup when they clash on Friday at Guadalajara Stadium.
Co-hosts Mexico breezed past nine-man South Africa with a 2-0 win in the tournament opener, thanks to goals from César Montes was dismissed in second-half stoppage time after being somewhat harshly adjudged to have denied Khuliso Mudau a goal-scoring opportunity.
At the other end of the pitch, Jiménez will be expected to deliver again. The 35-year-old has scored in each of his last two appearances against South Korea, albeit both goals came in friendlies (November 2020 and September 2025).
Jiménez and Quiñones could also both become the first Mexican player to score on each of their first two World Cup starts.
Further history could await El Tri, too. Mexico have won their last two World Cup games (MD3 in 2022, MD1 in 2026) but they have never managed three consecutive victories in the tournament.
However, Aguirre’s men have won only one of their three previous matches played at the Guadalajara Stadium, a 2-0 victory against the United States in an October 2024 friendly. The other two games, both against Ecuador, ended in a 2-1 defeat in September 2010, and a 1-1 draw in October 2025.
South Korea will head into the game with confidence as well after Friday’s 2-1 comeback win over Czechia. Lee Kang-In also impressed against Czechia. The Paris Saint-Germain forward became the first player since Germany’s Pierre Littbarski in 1982 against Austria to complete 5+ dribbles (5), post a 100% pass completion rate (38/38), and assist a goal in a World Cup match.
Hong’s side will now be looking to win their opening two World Cup matches for the first time. However, they have not won back-to-back matches in this competition at all since 2002, when they beat Portugal and Italy before going on to finish fourth.
Aguirre will know his team must be mindful of
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