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South Korea vs China, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Second Round
· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFCAbout
South Korea are hosting China
at Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, Korea Republic, starting on
. The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Yang Zexiang.
- 4': Foul by Jiang Shenglong (China PR).
- 4': Lee Jae-Sung (Korea Republic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 10': Behram Abduweli (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Foul by Jung Woo-Young (Korea Republic).
- 17': Foul by Jiang Shenglong (China PR).
- 17': Hwang Hee-Chan (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 18': Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Zhu Chenjie.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Kwon Kyung-Won (Korea Republic) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Kang-In with a cross.
- 20': Attempt saved. Son Heung-Min (Korea Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lee Jae-Sung.
- 21': Foul by Behram Abduweli (China PR).
- 21': Son Heung-Min (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 22': Attempt saved. Son Heung-Min (Korea Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 22': Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Wang Dalei.
- 24': Foul by Wang Shangyuan (China PR).
- 24': Hwang In-Beom (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Korea Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 26': Fei Nanduo (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Jung Woo-Young (Korea Republic).
- 29': Attempt saved. Lee Kang-In (Korea Republic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Son Heung-Min.
- 30': Foul by Hwang Hee-Chan (Korea Republic).
- 30': Jiang Guangtai (China PR) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 31': Fei Nanduo (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Foul by Jung Woo-Young (Korea Republic).
- 31': Jung Woo-Young (Korea Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 32': Delay in match because of an injury Behram Abduweli (China PR).
- 33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 34': Fei Nanduo (China PR) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 34': Foul by Kwon Kyung-Won (Korea Republic).
- 35': Attempt missed. Jiang Shenglong (China PR) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Xu Haoyang with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 36': Behram Abduweli (China PR) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 36': Foul by Hwang In-Beom (Korea Republic).
- 37': Hand ball by Zhu Chenjie (China PR).
- 37': Behram Abduweli (China PR) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 37': Foul by Cho Yu-Min (Korea Republic).
- 38': Delay in match because of an injury Behram Abduweli (China PR).
- 39': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 39': Foul by Yang Zexiang (China PR).
- 39': Son Heung-Min (Korea Republic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 40': Delay in match because of an injury Fei Nanduo (China PR).
- 41': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 42': Foul by Hwang Hee-Chan (Korea Republic).
- 42': Xu Haoyang (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Liu Yang (China PR) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 45'+1': Fei Nanduo (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Foul by Kwon Kyung-Won (Korea Republic).
- 45'+2': Cho Yu-Min (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Xie Wenneng (China PR).
- 45'+2': Xie Wenneng (China PR) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+3': Attempt missed. Jung Woo-Young (Korea Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Hwang Hee-Chan.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Korea Republic 0, China PR 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Korea Republic 0, China PR 0.
- 46': Foul by Behram Abduweli (China PR).
- 46': Park Seung-Wook (Korea Republic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 47': Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Yang Zexiang.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Hwang In-Beom (Korea Republic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hwang Hee-Chan.
- 49': Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Yang Zexiang.
- 49': Foul by Park Seung-Wook (Korea Republic).
- 49': Jiang Shenglong (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Foul by Xu Haoyang (China PR).
- 50': Kim Jin-Su (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Fei Nanduo (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by Kwon Kyung-Won (Korea Republic).
- 52': Corner, China PR. Conceded by Kwon Kyung-Won.
- 54': Xu Haoyang (China PR) is shown the yellow card.
- 55': Foul by Behram Abduweli (China PR).
- 55': Jung Woo-Young (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Behram Abduweli (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Foul by Lee Kang-In (Korea Republic).
- 61': Substitution, Korea Republic. Hwang Jae-Won replaces Park Seung-Wook.
- 61': Substitution, Korea Republic. Joo Min-Kyu replaces Lee Jae-Sung.
- 61': Goal! Korea Republic 1, China PR 0. Lee Kang-In (Korea Republic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 63': Delay in match because of an injury Xie Wenneng (China PR).
- 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 68': Foul by Jiang Guangtai (China PR).
- 68': Joo Min-Kyu (Korea Republic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 69': Substitution, China PR. Zhang Yuning replaces Xie Wenneng because of an injury.
- 69': Substitution, China PR. Wu Lei replaces Fei Nanduo.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Cho Yu-Min (Korea Republic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 69': Foul by Behram Abduweli (China PR).
- 69': Hwang Jae-Won (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 71': Foul by Joo Min-Kyu (Korea Republic).
- 71': Jiang Guangtai (China PR) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 74': Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Jiang Guangtai.
- 76': Attempt saved. Joo Min-Kyu (Korea Republic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Hwang Hee-Chan.
- 77': Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Yang Zexiang.
- 77': Attempt missed. Cho Yu-Min (Korea Republic) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lee Kang-In with a cross following a corner.
- 77': Behram Abduweli (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Foul by Hwang Jae-Won (Korea Republic).
- 77': Substitution, China PR. Huang Zhengyu replaces Wang Shangyuan.
- 77': Substitution, China PR. Fang Hao replaces Xu Haoyang.
- 78': Substitution, Korea Republic. Hong Hyun-Seok replaces Lee Kang-In.
- 80': Foul by Fang Hao (China PR).
- 80': Son Heung-Min (Korea Republic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 80': Fang Hao (China PR) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 82': Substitution, China PR. Li Lei replaces Behram Abduweli.
- 85': Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Jiang Guangtai.
- 86': Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Liu Yang.
- 86': Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Jiang Guangtai.
- 87': Attempt saved. Kwon Kyung-Won (Korea Republic) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cho Yu-Min with a headed pass.
- 90': Delay in match because of an injury Kwon Kyung-Won (Korea Republic).
- 90'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+4': Foul by Yang Zexiang (China PR).
- 90'+4': Son Heung-Min (Korea Republic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+4': Yang Zexiang (China PR) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+5': Substitution, Korea Republic. Park Yong-Woo replaces Hwang In-Beom.
- 90'+5': Substitution, Korea Republic. Bae Jun-Ho replaces Hwang Hee-Chan.
- 90'+5': Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Wu Lei.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Korea Republic 1, China PR 0.
- 0': Match ends, Korea Republic 1, China PR 0.
Statistics
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14 | Fouls | 14 |
4 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
0 | Offsides | 0 |
1 | Corner Kicks | 11 |
5 | Saves | 0 |
18.1 | Possession | 81.9 |
2 | SHOTS | 12 |
0 | ON GOAL | 6 |
0.0 | On Target % | 0.5 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
80 | Accurate Passes | 626 |
152 | Passes | 689 |
0.5 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
1 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
5 | Crosses | 21 |
0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
50 | Long Balls | 48 |
16 | Accurate Long Balls | 30 |
0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
1 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
12 | Effective Tackles | 3 |
17 | Tackles | 8 |
0.7 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
14 | Interceptions | 5 |
24 | Effective Clearances | 8 |
24 | Clearances | 8 |
Game Information
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC
Venue: Seoul World Cup Stadium
Location: Seoul, Korea Republic
Attendance: 64,935
Venue: Seoul World Cup Stadium
Location: Seoul, Korea Republic
Attendance: 64,935
WCQ - AFC Table
# | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Japan | 1 | +7 | 3 |
2 | Bahrain | 1 | +1 | 3 |
3 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Line-Ups
South Korea (4-3-3)
No. | Name |
---|---|
21 | Jo Hyeon-Woo (GK) |
20 | Kwon Kyung-Won |
14 | Cho Yu-Min |
3 | Kim Jin-Su |
22 | Park Seung-wook |
5 | Jung Woo-Young ![]() |
10 | Lee Jae-Sung |
6 | Hwang In-Beom |
11 | Hwang Hee-Chan |
7 | Son Heung-Min |
18 | Lee Kang-in |
China (4-3-1-2)
No. | Name |
---|---|
14 | Wang Dalei (GK) |
5 | Zhu Chenjie |
2 | Jiang Guangtai |
19 | Liu Yang |
21 | Yang Zexiang ![]() |
23 | Behram Abduweli |
6 | Wang Shangyuan |
13 | Xu Haoyang ![]() |
20 | Xie Wenneng ![]() |
16 | Jiang Shenglong |
17 | Fernandinho |
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