Son Heung-min, who now competes for Tottenham in the Premier League, serves as captain of the South Korean national team. This season, the midfielder has scored five goals for Tottenham in just 19 matches played.
During the 2021–22 season, Son scored 24 goals for his club while playing in 45 matches. Since 2015, he has played a total of 245 times for Tottenham and scored 96 goals for the club. In international competition, the 30-year-old forward has scored 35 goals while representing South Korea.
Kwon Chang-hoon, a midfielder for the national team, has scored 12 goals during the course of his career. He has appeared in 42 matches. He has been playing in the K League since 2021, and he joined the Gimcheon Sangmu this season, during which he played a total of 36 games.
In the matches that counted toward qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, he scored four goals, including the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory against Lebanon.
Andre Ayew, who plays midfield and is also the team captain, is an accomplished player. Ayew has scored 24 goals for the national team in 111 total matches that he has played in. Since the beginning of the Qatar Stars League two years ago, he has been participating in the league as a winger for the Al Sadd team.
This year with Al Sadd, he has scored two goals in a total of six games. During the previous year, he had 18 in 29 matches. Forward Jordan Ayew, who has played for the national team 85 times and scored 19 goals, is another possibility for scoring for the squad.
In addition, he is a player in the Premier League with Crystal Palace. Since joining the club on a permanent basis in the 2019–20 season, he has scored 15 goals in 149 matches in which he has appeared.
Head-to-head between South Korea and Ghana
Up until now, the teams from South Korea and Ghana have competed in a total of four games. One of the games was won by South Korea, and it was won at their home stadium. They did not win any games away from home.
Ghana, meanwhile, had a record of 0 wins and 3 draws (3 at home and 0 away). Prior to the international friendly, the two sides played a total of 1 game, of which South Korea won 0, Ghana won 0, and the two teams drew 1. South Korea won the international friendly. Ghana won none of its games.
Before the International Club Friendly, the two teams battled it out in a total of three games, with South Korea taking one victory, Ghana none, and the other two ending in draws.
Venue and Kick off South Korea vs Ghana
The World Cup match between South Korea and Ghana will begin at 1:00 p.m. local time (1:00 p.m. GMT) at the Education City Stadium in Ar Rayyan, Qatar.
Probable Line-ups South Korea vs Ghana
Possible starting lineup for South Korea: Seung-gyu; Min-jae; Moon-hwan; Young-gwon; Jin-su; In-beom; Jung; Na; Lee; Son; and Ui-jo.
Ghana’s probable starting lineup: Ati Zigi; Djiku; Lamptey; Amartey; Baba; Partey, Abdul Samed; Kudus; Sulemana; A. Ayew; Williams.
