Comments and predictions for North Korea vs Kyrgyzstan: Holding on to a faint hope
The match between North Korea and Kyrgyzstan in the World Cup qualifiers will take place at 7:00 a.m. on June 5. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes the performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest information on North Korea vs Kyrgyzstan forces
If all players are healthy, coach Sin could pick a lineup similar to the one that struggled against the UAE in March.
Although Kuk-jin Kim, Kuk Choe and Kuk-chol Jang were all introduced before the 46th minute, Yu-song Kim's header before the break helped North Korea equalize.
The centre-back is currently North Korea's top scorer in qualifying, reflecting the team's struggles in scoring.
Gulzhigit Alykulov is working his way back into the Kyrgyzstan squad after a crucial assist as a substitute in the team's recent surprise defeat to Qatar.
Kai Merk is likely to miss out due to not scoring in round three, but this could be the only change to the line-up.
Latest expected lineup for North Korea vs Kyrgyzstan
Chosen:
Kang; Choe, Jong, Kim, Kim; Paek, Ra, Kang, Ri; Ri, Pak
Kyrgyzstan:
Tokotaev; Mishchenko, Kozubaev, Kichin, Brauzman, Kenzhebaev; Atabaev, Shukurov; Zarypbekov; Kojo, Alykulov
Latest football commentary on North Korea vs Kyrgyzstan
When North Korea advanced from the second round to this stage, it was quickly judged that they would be unlikely to go much further in their bid to surprise the World Cup.
That was evident when they failed to win any of their eight games, finishing bottom of the table with just two points, eight points behind fourth-placed teams.
Frustration has also been compounded by the fact that five of their six defeats have been by just one goal, most recently a 2-1 home defeat to the UAE, who scored a 98th-minute winner in Riyadh.
Coach Sin Yong-nam and his players now aim to end the campaign with a good performance, knowing that picking up four points from their final two games could help them avoid bottom spot.
However, North Korea have lost five consecutive matches and won just three of their last 14 matches in all competitions, with their most notable victory coming against Syria.
Kyrgyzstan were also considered underdogs before entering this group, but they have produced two wins against top continental opponents.
In addition to a 1-0 win over North Korea in the second leg, they also beat Qatar 3-1 in March.
For a team that has never advanced beyond the last 16 of the Asian Cup, it was a remarkable result and there is still hope for Maksim Lisitsyn's side ahead of their final two games.
Depending on other results, wins over North Korea and the UAE could see Kyrgyzstan leapfrog Qatar into fourth place in the group.
Latest North Korea vs Kyrgyzstan score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.North Korea vs Kyrgyzstanas follows:
- Sportsmole:North Korea 1-1 Kyrgyzstan
- WhoScore:North Korea 2-1 Kyrgyzstan
- Our newspaper predicts:North Korea 1-1 Kyrgyzstan
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