{"id":671039,"date":"2026-06-18T20:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=671039"},"modified":"2026-06-18T20:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:10:23","slug":"mexico-vs-south-korea-team-news-and-confirmed-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/06\/18\/mexico-vs-south-korea-team-news-and-confirmed-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico vs South Korea: Team News and Confirmed Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mexico’s El Tri are a point away from securing a berth in the knockout stage of the tournament. They play South Korea under lights in Guadalajara. Here is your look at the confirmed lineups for Mexico vs South Korea.<\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a02026 World Cup Matchday 8 Predictions Including Mexico vs South Korea<\/a><\/p>\n

Mexico vs South Korea<\/h2>\n

Date: Thursday, June 18th, 2026
\nVenue: Estadio Akron, Guadalajara
\nKick Off: 21:00 local time in Guadalajara
\nReferee: Gustavo Tejera
\nCurrent Odds: Mexico 2.00, Draw 3.30, South Korea 4.00<\/p>\n

Mexico Team News<\/h3>\n

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Mexico’s three changes from the opening match XI are captain Edson Alvarez in place of a suspended Cesar Montes at CB. Jorge Sanchez replaces Israel Reyes at RB, while Luis Romo gets the nod in midfield ahead of Alvaro Fidalgo. That leaves teenager Gilberto Mora still on Mexico’s bench. Matchday 1 goalscorer Julian Quinones<\/a>, who starred in the opening game, appears fit and ready to start after a brief injury scare.<\/p>\n

South Korea Team News<\/h3>\n

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South Korea only makes one change to their XI, Kim Moon-Hwan will replace Lee Tae-seok, while Son Heung-Min is still the starting striker despite a relatively pedestrian first game.<\/p>\n

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Mexico Confirmed Lineup (4-1-4-1)<\/h3>\n

GK: Raul ‘Tala’ Rangel<\/p>\n

Defenders: Jorge Sanchez, Edson Alvarez, Johan Vasquez, Jesus Gallardo<\/p>\n

Midfield: Erik Lira, Luis Romo, Brian Gutierrez<\/p>\n

Forwards: Roberto Alvarado, Raul Jimenez, Julian Quinones<\/p>\n

South Korea Predicted Lineup (3-4-2-1)<\/h3>\n

GK: Kim Seung\u2011gyu<\/p>\n

Defenders: Hong Jeong\u2011ho, Kim Min\u2011jae, Gwon Kyung\u2011won, Seol Young\u2011woo<\/p>\n

Midfield: Hwang In\u2011beom, Paik Seung\u2011ho, Kim Moon-Hwan, Lee Kang\u2011in<\/p>\n

Forwards: Son Heung\u2011min, Oh Hyeon\u2011gyu<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Smartframe Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mexico’s El Tri are a point away from securing a berth in the knockout stage of the tournament. They play South Korea under lights in Guadalajara. Here is your look at the confirmed lineups for Mexico vs South Korea. Read More:\u00a02026 World Cup Matchday 8 Predictions Including Mexico vs South Korea Mexico vs South Korea […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1442,"featured_media":670752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":true,"sfio_embed_code":"<\/smartframe-embed>","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,161,1831,2132],"tags":[798,4969,32423,32867,320,32466,1159,2830,362],"class_list":["post-671039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international-football","category-starting-line-up","category-world-cup","tag-2026-world-cup","tag-edson-alvarez","tag-el-tri","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-heung-min-son","tag-javier-aguirre","tag-mexico","tag-raul-jimenez","tag-south-korea"],"modified_by":"Steen Kirby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671039"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671041,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671039\/revisions\/671041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}