Korea Republic will either cause an upset with 3 goals at least and pray that the Algerian game ends as a stalemate else they will exit the tournament in a must win match for them. Both teams have actually met twice in two World Cups (1990 and 1998) drawing one and loosing the latter by a 2-0 score line. They actually have no injury problems as they set to repeat almost the same formation that made them loose 4-2 to the Desert Foxes. It's an almost impossible task for them as the Belgians will want to improve on their sloppy play and win their final group game in style.
Thomas Vermaelen limped off early on in the 1-0 win over Russia and is expected to sit this one out, with Jan Vertonghen coming in at left-back.
Marc Wilmots may look to freshen things up for their meeting with South Korea. That could see Kevin Mirallas, Nicolas Lombaerts, Steven Defour and Divock Origi come into the starting XI. David Origi was the hero as he scored the solitary goal in their previous games' victory against the Russians and will want to at least prove his importance in the squad by an impressive display.
Korea knows it's either a heavy win or they are out. And Belgium are already through to the next stage but they can loose their top spot if they loose and Algeria wins Russia. It's a much expected win from them but a lesson learnt so far from the last round of the group stage games is that most of these "so called" qualified European teams don't actually take them serious.
Verdict: Under 2.5 goals
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