Mens Olympic Football - Mexico U23 v South Korea U23

The Olympic football games come thick and fast as we move to Group B for the 2nd match of the tournament. Two teams certainly capable of progression come together in a difficult game to call.

Mens Olympic Football Game Day 1 - Match 2

Mexico U23 v South Korea U23 (Newcastle 14:30GMT) Best Match Odds: 2.35 3.30 3.60 - Best Outright Winners Price Mexico 17.0 & South Korea 81.0.

Olympic History:

• Mexico           P10 W2 D6 L2 GF8 GA9 GD -1 Best Finish Quarter Finals.
• South Korea  P24 W6 D9 L9 GF23 GA56 GD -33 Best Finish Quarter Finals.

Recent Form:

• Mexico           P9 W5 D1 L3 GF17 GA13 GD +4
• South Korea  P3 W3 D0 L0 GF8 GA2 GD+2

Mexico are considered a dark horse for the gold medal after impressing in several youth tournaments on the world stage. They are a very attack minded side and do concede goals, however they have the firepower to score many themselves.They play together regularly as a team and have included a trio of very experianced overage players in Corona,Salcido and Peralta. South Korea are similar to Mexico in that they play regularly together as a team. Unlike Mexico however they play a more defence minded game, conceding few goals. Overage selections for South Korea are low key, with only Park Chu Young being a high profile player.

Betting Analysis: Both sides have ability, goals look to be on the agenda with 40 goals in their last 12 matches between them. Both Teams To Score Yes at 2.05 is a good price. Anytime Scorer bets are interesting on this game, For Mexico Marco Fabian has been in fantastic form and has netted 13 times in 12 games. Paddy Power give 3.50 anytime and this is a massive price.