North Korea vs Iran
Ref: S. Gulmurodi
Match recap
Iran beat North Korea 3–2 in their World Cup - Qualification Asia fixture. Taremi scored for North Korea; Mohebi and Mohebi replied for Iran. North Korea held 51% possession to 49% for Iran.
First Half
Ri Jo-Guk
Yellow Card
29'
⚽
Goal
Assist: Taremi
Kang Kuk-Chol
Yellow Card
41'
⚽
Mohebi
Assist: Taremi
45'
⚽
Mohebi
Assist: Taremi
Second Half
51'
Khalilzadeh
Red Card
54'
⇄
Unknown
⚽
Taremi (OG)
⚽
Goal
64'
VAR
Penalty confirmed
68'
⇄
Azmoun
⇄
Kye
68'
⇄
Karimi
⇄
Unknown
72'
Yousefi
Yellow Card
⇄
Unknown
81'
⇄
Mohebi
81'
⇄
Taremi
⇄
Ri Jo-Guk
Match Statistics
North KoreaIran
9Won
Statistical edge
9–5
battles won across 16 metrics
Attack3 · 3 won
17
Shots
19
4
Shots on target
13
8
Shots in the box
12
9
Shots outside box
7
9
Shots off goal
2
3
Corners
2
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
51%
Possession
49%
422
Total passes
408
344
Accurate passes
323
82%
Pass accuracy
79%
Discipline1 · 2 won
11
Fouls
7
2
Yellow cards
1
0
Red cards
1
1
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 0 won
9
Goalkeeper saves
3
4
Blocked shots
4
North Korea
4-4-2
Iran
4-2-3-1
North Korea
4-4-2Starting XI
- 1Ju-Hyok KangG
- 4Pom Hyok KimD
- 6Tam KyeM
- 9Ri Jo-GukF
- 14Ok-Chol ChoeD
Substitutes
- 7Hun RiM
- 18Tae Song SinG
- 19Kim Sung-HyeM
- 21Kwang Jun YuG
- 22Pak Kwang-HunF
- 23Jong Kum-SongD
Iran
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1A. BeiranvandG
- 2A. Nemati
- 4S. KhalilzadehD
- 5M. MohammadiD
- 6S. EzatolahiM
- 8M. MohebiM
- 9M. TaremiM
- 17M. KarimiM
- 20S. AzmounF
- 23A. YousefiD
Substitutes
- 3M. GhorbaniM
- 7A. JahanbakhshF
- 11A. GholizadehM
- 12P. NiazmandG
- 13H. Kanani
- 14M. HazbaviD
- 15R. CheshmiM
- 16M. HosseinnezhadM
- 18A. HosseinzadehM
- 19S. MoghanlouF
- 21O. NoorafkanM
- 22H. HosseiniG
North Korea
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kang Ju Hyok | G | 90 | 8.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kim Yu Song | D | 90 | 7.7 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Kuk Chol Kang | M | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Jo-guk Ri | F | 89 | 7.3 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Choe Ok Chol | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 5/5 |
| Han Kwang-Sŏng | F | 73 | 7.0 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 |
| Kim Pom Hyok | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Kuk Chol Jang(C) | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kye Tam | M | 68 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Chung-song Paek | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0/1 |
| Ju-Song Choe | M | 68 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Jin Hyok Kim | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ri Hun | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sin Tae Song | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sin Kwang-Nam | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kim Kum-Chon | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kim Sung-Hye | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kwang-jun Yu | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kwang-hun Pak | F | 22 | 6.9 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 0/1 |
| Un-Chol Ri | M | 22 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Il Gwan Jong | M | 17 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kum-song Jong | D | 11 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Iran
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehdi Taremi(C) | M | 81 | 8.9 | — | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | — |
| Mohammad Mohebi | M | 81 | 8.6 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Saeid Ezatolahi | M | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Mehdi Ghayedi | M | 54 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1/2 |
| Sardar Azmoun | F | 68 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Ali Nemati | D | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Alireza Beiranvand | G | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Seyed Mohammad Karimi | M | 68 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Shoja Khalilzadeh | D | 51 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aria Yousefi | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 0/1 |
| Milad Mohammadi | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Roozbeh Cheshmi | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Seyed Hossein Hosseini | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Payam Niazmand | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mohammad Amin Hazbavi | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ali Gholizadeh | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Omid Noorafkan | M | 9 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Shahriar Moghanlou | F | 9 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mohammad Ghorbani | M | 22 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Alireza Jahanbakhsh | F | 22 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hossein Kanaani | D | 36 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |