• Brazil have won each of their previous three FIFA World Cup matches against Asian teams.
• Brazil have been successful in each of their last seven FIFA World Cup round-of-16 ties, six of which were won in regulation time. The last time they failed to progress further than the round of 16 was 1990.
• If Brazil fail to score, it will be the first time they have been goalless in two successive World Cup matches since 1974.
• Korea Republic are aiming to win two successive World Cup matches for the first time since 2002.
• Korea Republic have only failed to score in three of their last 13 FIFA World Cup matches.
