North Korea v Ivory Coast Preview, Prediction, and TV Listings

Ivory Coast need a win in their final group stage match as they face North Korea. The match will take place at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, South Africa on Friday, June 25, 2010. Kickoff is scheduled for 15:00 BST, 16:00 local time in South Africa, and 10:00 EST.

It will be televised on ESPN 2 in the United States, CBC in Canada, SBS in Australia, BBC (via the red button) in the United Kingdom, SuperSport in Africa, and on Al Jazeera Sport in the Middle East. You can also find the match at the link on the bottom of this post.

North Korea v Ivory Coast Preview


It’s a must win for Ivory Coast and they will need to make up a substantial goal difference.

With Portugal’s 7-0 win over Ivory Coast, they will need to overcome a nine goal difference in this match. This would have to combine with a Portugal loss against Brazil. It’s not impossible for that to happen as North Korea are eliminated from contention to advance and were exposed defensively.

North Korea looked strong in their opening match against Brazil but appear to have dropped in form. They will play a defensive and compact style which will force the Ivory Coast to be patient and use the width of the pitch.

Ivory Coast will need a great performance from Didier Drogba if they are to have a chance. They need to score probably at least 5-6 goals and hope Brazil beats Portugal by a decent margin. It’s likely Brazil will win their match so it should be up to the Ivorians.

Getting a win by that many goals doesn’t seem likely but they should still get the three points.

Betting Odds


North Korea win – 15/2
Draw – 4/1
Ivory Coast win – 1/3

North Korea v Ivory Coast Prediction


Ivory Coast will win the match 3-0.


Watch North Korea v Ivory Coast Live Online


The match can be seen at Free Live Sports TV.

(Source : http://www.the90thminute.com)