SOUTH KOREA v TOGO - THE BEAN PREVIEW

Korea 11/10 - Draw 2/1 - Togo 12/5

The last tournament's hosts and semi-finalists face the inexperienced African team of Togo in this afternoon's match. This is the first ever meeting between these two nations, but Togo have not fared well against Asian opposition in the past.

They were beaten by Iran last year in the LG Cup and were defeated recently by Saudi Arabia in a World Cup warm up match. The Togolese are in disarray at the moment as their coach Otto Pfister resigned a few days ago.

Both teams have got a full clean bill of health, which has been a rarity in this year's competition. Korea are expected to have an attacking line-up in what is a must win game for them. Togo is relying on Arsenal young gun Emanuel Adebayor to lead a bunch of novices.

The bookies do not know who has an advantage in this match and both teams have odds of better than evens. In this scenario it is possible to do an arbitrage bet. For more detials of these, see the no-lose section on Premium Betting News.

Even so I think these odds are an insult to Korea who were magnificent in the 2004 World Cup. If they show the class and calibre from four years ago they should easily overcome Togo and odds of 18/1 for a 3-1 scoreline are a great price.

But maybe I am completely underestimating Togo; they did have to overhaul Senegal in their qualifying group which is no mean feat. A 2-1 win at 12/1 seems a good punt.

My prediction Korea wins 3-1 at 18/1

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