South Korea
2–1
Czech Republic
South Korea came from behind to beat the Czech Republic 2-1 in their Group A opener at the Estadio Akron. Ladislav Krejčí put the Czechs ahead in the 59th minute, but South Korea responded through Hwang In-Beom (67') and Oh Hyeon-Gyu (80') to take all three points. The result leaves South Korea level on three points with Mexico at the top of Group A, separated only by goal difference, while the Czech Republic join South Africa on zero points and face an early must-win in matchday 2. On the predictions, three of our four AI models were correct: ChatGPT (over 2.0 goals), Gemini (South Korea or draw) and DeepSeek (Czech Republic under 1.5 goals) all landed; Claude's under-2.5-goals call missed as the game produced three goals.
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
| 2 |  South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 |  South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
South Korea lost two of their last five against stronger opponents while the Czech Republic are unbeaten in five (2.6 scored, 1.0 conceded), and the three previous meetings are level at one win each and a draw.
Back this tipThree friendly meetings: one win each and a draw, with the Czechs' 5-0 in 2001 the only decisive scoreline.
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