South Korea vs Ecuador Prediction & Stats - International Friendlies 2026

South Korea vs Ecuador is part of the International Friendlies schedule for Thursday (24/09).

The fixture is staged at Suwon World Cup Stadium, 12:00 (UK time).

Below is our South Korea vs Ecuador prediction, built before you place a bet.

Our verdict on South Korea vs Ecuador

Value at this level takes some digging out. Having gone through the form and the numbers, here is our preferred South Korea vs Ecuador prediction:

Who do the bookmakers favour?

The market makes South Korea the side to beat, with roughly 34% of the implied odds in their favour.

For the wider picture, compare all International Friendlies odds and the rest of the round's fixtures before you settle on a bet.

South Korea Preview

South Korea reach this fixture 4 match into their International Friendlies. Here is where Taegeuk Warriors stand:

In this competition

• 2 won, 0 drawn, 2 lost

• 1.5 points per game

• 6 scored, at 1.5 a game

• 5 conceded, at 1.25 a game

Taegeuk Warriors, season-wide

• 14 won, 5 drawn, 4 lost across all competitions

• Leading scorer: Heung-Min Son, 10 goals

• Most assists: Lee Kang-in, 6 assists

Recent results — South Korea

24/06/2026 21:00

South Africa

1 - 0

South Korea

L

18/06/2026 21:00

Mexico

1 - 0

South Korea

L

11/06/2026 22:00

South Korea

2 - 1

Czech Republic

W

03/06/2026 21:00

South Korea

1 - 0

El Salvador

W

30/05/2026 21:00

South Korea

5 - 0

Trinidad and Tobago

W

Ecuador: how they are travelling

Ecuador come in 4 matches into their International Friendlies.

Here is what Ecuador have produced:

In this competition

• 2 won, 2 drawn, 0 lost

• 2 points per game

• 7 scored, at 1.75 a game

• 3 conceded, at 0.75 a game

Ecuador, season-wide

• 11 won, 11 drawn, 4 lost across all competitions

• Leading scorer: Enner Valencia, 6 goals

• Most assists: Moisés Caicedo, 3 assists

Recent results — Ecuador

30/06/2026 22:00

Mexico

2 - 0

Ecuador

L

25/06/2026 16:00

Ecuador

2 - 1

Germany

W

20/06/2026 20:00

Ecuador

0 - 0

Curaçao

D

14/06/2026 19:00

Ivory Coast

1 - 0

Ecuador

L

07/06/2026 16:00

Ecuador

3 - 0

Guatemala

W

The head-to-head

South Korea and Ecuador have no recent meeting on record, so there is no prior form between them to shape the read.

Form comparison South Korea vs Ecuador

A side-by-side look at how both teams are performing right now, to set the context for your bets:

Home Team

South Korea

International - International Friendlies

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W W L L	1.5
Home	W W L	2
Away	L	0

Stats	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	50%	67%	0%
Goals	2.75	3.33	1
Scored	1.5	2	0
Conceded	1.25	1.33	1
Both Teams to Score	0%	0%	0%
Without Conceding	50%	67%	0%
Failed To Score	50%	33%	100%
first to Score	0%	0%	0%
xG	1.63	1.82	1.07
xGA	0.72	0.75	0.63

Away Team

Ecuador

International - International Friendlies

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W W D D	2
Home	W W	3
Away	D D	1

Stats	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	50%	100%	0%
Goals	2.5	3	2
Scored	1.75	2.5	1
Conceded	0.75	0.5	1
Both Teams to Score	75%	50%	100%
Without Conceding	25%	50%	0%
Failed To Score	0%	0%	0%
first to Score	0%	0%	0%
xG	1.49	1.71	1.28
xGA	0.73	0.69	0.78

Further markets to consider

Beyond the main tip at the top of the page, two more selections stand out for this match-up:

Fixture information - South Korea vs Ecuador

• Match: South Korea vs Ecuador

• Competition: International Friendlies

• Date: Thursday, 24/09/2026

• Kick-off: 12:00 (UK time)

• Venue: Suwon World Cup Stadium

More International Friendlies predictions

Explore the rest of our International Friendlies predictions and keep up with the analysis round by round.

The statistics for Tigers of Asia vs Ecuador that you will find on this page should help you make well-informed decisions for placing your bets.

Home Team

South Korea

International - International Friendlies

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W W L L	1.5
Home	W W L	2
Away	L	0

Stats	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	50%	67%	0%
Goals	2.75	3.33	1
Scored	1.5	2	0
Conceded	1.25	1.33	1
Both Teams to Score	0%	0%	0%
Without Conceding	50%	67%	0%
Failed To Score	50%	33%	100%
first to Score	0%	0%	0%
xG	1.63	1.82	1.07
xGA	0.72	0.75	0.63

Away Team

Ecuador

International - International Friendlies

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W W D D	2
Home	W W	3
Away	D D	1

Stats	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	50%	100%	0%
Goals	2.5	3	2
Scored	1.75	2.5	1
Conceded	0.75	0.5	1
Both Teams to Score	75%	50%	100%
Without Conceding	25%	50%	0%
Failed To Score	0%	0%	0%
first to Score	0%	0%	0%
xG	1.49	1.71	1.28
xGA	0.73	0.69	0.78

Corners

10 / Match

+60% Corners / Match

South Korea received +60% more corners than Ecuador in the International Friendlies

6.25 / Match

El Salvador

(8)

Trinidad and Tobago

(7)

Austria

(6)

Ivory Coast

(7)

(6)

Guatemala

(2)

Saudi Arabia

(10)

Netherlands

(1)

Morocco

Cards

1.25 / Match

+20% Cards / Match

Ecuador received +20% more cards than South Korea in the International Friendlies

1.5 / Match

El Salvador

(4)

Trinidad and Tobago

(1)

Austria

(0)

Ivory Coast

(0)

(3)

Guatemala

(1)

Saudi Arabia

(2)

Netherlands

(0)

Morocco

Goals Scored

1.5 / Match

+17%

Ecuador is +17% better in terms of goals scored

1.75 / Match

El Salvador

(1)

Trinidad and Tobago

(5)

Austria

(0)

Ivory Coast

(0)

(3)

Guatemala

(2)

Saudi Arabia

(1)

Netherlands

(1)

Morocco

Goals Conceded

1.25 / Match

+40%

South Korea condeded +40% more goals than Ecuador

0.75 / Match

El Salvador

(0)

Trinidad and Tobago

(0)

Austria

(1)

Ivory Coast

(4)

(0)

Guatemala

(1)

Saudi Arabia

(1)

Netherlands

(1)

Morocco

International Friendlies Standings

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
1	Mexico	8	6	2	0	15	2	13	20	2.5
2	Germany	4	4	0	0	12	5	7	12	3
3	Argentina	4	4	0	0	12	1	11	12	3
4	Nigeria	6	3	2	1	12	7	5	11	1.83
5	Morocco	5	3	2	0	13	3	10	11	2.2
6	Portugal	4	3	1	0	6	2	4	10	2.5
7	Belgium	4	3	1	0	13	3	10	10	2.5
8	Hungary	4	3	1	0	6	2	4	10	2.5
9	Russia	5	3	1	1	9	2	7	10	2
10	Algeria	4	3	1	0	12	0	12	10	2.5
11	Panama	7	2	3	2	11	13	-2	9	1.29
12	Ivory Coast	3	3	0	0	7	1	6	9	3
13	Japan	3	3	0	0	3	0	3	9	3
14	Canada	5	2	3	0	6	3	3	9	1.8
15	Brazil	4	3	0	1	12	6	6	9	2.25
16	France	4	3	0	1	9	5	4	9	2.25
17	Iran	4	3	0	1	11	3	8	9	2.25
18	Austria	3	3	0	0	7	1	6	9	3
19	Indonesia	4	3	0	1	8	1	7	9	2.25
20	Ecuador	4	2	2	0	7	3	4	8	2
21	Spain	4	2	2	0	7	2	5	8	2
22	Ireland	4	2	2	0	7	1	6	8	2
23	Kenya	4	2	2	0	9	2	7	8	2
24	Senegal	4	2	1	1	7	4	3	7	1.75
25	Netherlands	4	2	1	1	5	4	1	7	1.75
26	England	4	2	1	1	5	2	3	7	1.75
27	Egypt	4	2	1	1	6	2	4	7	1.75
28	Bulgaria	4	2	1	1	13	5	8	7	1.75
29	Venezuela	4	2	1	1	7	3	4	7	1.75
30	China	4	2	1	1	4	3	1	7	1.75
31	Australia	4	2	1	1	7	3	4	7	1.75
32	Slovakia	3	2	1	0	6	3	3	7	2.33
33	Croatia	4	2	0	2	5	7	-2	6	1.5
34	Colombia	4	2	0	2	7	6	1	6	1.5
35	South Korea	4	2	0	2	6	5	1	6	1.5
36	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	6	2	4	6	2
37	Scotland	4	2	0	2	8	3	5	6	1.5
38	Czech Republic	2	2	0	0	5	2	3	6	3
39	Ukraine	2	2	0	0	3	0	3	6	3
40	Italy	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	6	3
41	Turkey	2	2	0	0	6	1	5	6	3
42	Norway	4	1	2	1	5	4	1	5	1.25
43	Switzerland	4	1	2	1	8	6	2	5	1.25
44	Finland	4	1	1	2	4	7	-3	4	1
45	Bolivia	5	1	1	3	4	10	-6	4	0.8
46	Saudi Arabia	5	1	1	3	5	8	-3	4	0.8
47	Slovenia	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1	4	1
48	Tunisia	4	1	1	2	1	6	-5	4	1
49	Montenegro	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4	1.33
50	Cape Verde	3	1	1	1	6	5	1	4	1.33
51	Peru	4	1	1	2	5	8	-3	4	1
52	Romania	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4	1.33
53	Northern Ireland	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4	1.33
54	USA	4	1	0	3	6	11	-5	3	0.75
55	South Africa	4	0	3	1	3	4	-1	3	0.75
56	Cameroon	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	3	1.5
57	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3	1
58	Chile	3	1	0	2	6	8	-2	3	1
59	Serbia	4	1	0	3	3	12	-9	3	0.75
60	Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	3
61	Tanzania	2	1	0	1	6	1	5	3	1.5
62	Zimbabwe	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1	3	1.5
63	Israel	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	3
64	Iceland	5	0	2	3	3	11	-8	2	0.4
65	Uruguay	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1
66	Greece	4	0	2	2	2	4	-2	2	0.5
67	Jordan	4	0	2	2	5	10	-5	2	0.5
68	Wales	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2	0.67
69	North Macedonia	3	0	2	1	0	4	-4	2	0.67
70	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1
71	Thailand	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	1
72	Ghana	4	0	1	3	3	10	-7	1	0.25
73	Uzbekistan	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1	0.33
74	Costa Rica	4	0	1	3	3	13	-10	1	0.25
75	Mali	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2	1	0.5
76	Nicaragua	3	0	1	2	1	7	-6	1	0.33
77	Qatar	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.5
78	Haiti	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2	1	0.33
79	Estonia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1
80	Honduras	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2	1	0.5
81	Sweden	2	0	1	1	3	5	-2	1	0.5
82	Georgia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1
83	Moldova	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1
84	Poland	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2	1	0.5
85	Cyprus	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1
86	Denmark	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
87	Iraq	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2	1	0.5
88	Kuwait	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1
89	Malawi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
90	Zambia	3	0	1	2	0	6	-6	1	0.33
91	Congo DR	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
92	El Salvador	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.5
93	Lesotho	2	0	1	1	1	5	-4	1	0.5
94	Jamaica	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3	1	0.5
95	Guatemala	4	0	0	4	1	14	-13	0	0
96	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	0
97	Solomon Islands	1	0	0	1	2	10	-8	0	0
98	St. Kitts and Nevis	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0	0
99	Trinidad and Tobago	4	0	0	4	1	15	-14	0	0
100	Curaçao	3	0	0	3	2	11	-9	0	0
101	Gambia	2	0	0	2	2	6	-4	0	0
102	Luxembourg	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	0
103	Albania	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2	0	0
104	Malta	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0
105	Macau	1	0	0	1	0	6	-6	0	0
106	Oman	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	0
107	Singapore	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0
108	Guinea	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	0
109	Burkina Faso	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	0
110	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1	2	4	-2	0	0
111	Mauritania	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0
112	Grenada	2	0	0	2	0	8	-8	0	0
113	Kosovo	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0
114	Madagascar	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0	0
115	Burundi	1	0	0	1	0	5	-5	0	0
116	Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
117	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
118	Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
119	Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	0
120	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
121	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
122	Mozambique	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	0
123	India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
124	Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
125	Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
126	Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
127	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
128	Benin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
129	Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
130	Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0