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Iraq vs Korea Republic Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

FT · HT 0–00 – 2

Jin-gyu Kim 63′Hyeon-gyu Oh 82′

Player of the matchIn-beom HwangKOR · 90′ · 30 final-3rd passes · 4 key passes · 101/110 passes

8.4

WC Qualification AsiaMatchday 9Basra Sport City StadiumRef Y. Araki

Events

IRQ 0–2 KOR · 1–5 yellow · 1–0 red
  1. Full time 0–2
  2. Marko Farjifor Youssef Amyn
  3. Jun Choifor Young-woo Seol
  4. Hyeon-gyu OhYellow card
  5. Hyeon-gyu Oh0–2Goal · right foot · assist Jin-woo Jeon
  6. Seon-min MoonYellow card
  7. Manaf Younisfor Hussein Ali
  8. Mohammed Qasimfor Ibrahim Bayesh
  9. Jin-woo Jeonfor Jae-sung Lee
  10. Sajad Jassimfor Osama Rashid
  11. Jin-gyu Kim0–1Goal · right foot · assist Kang-in Lee
  12. Seon-min Moonfor Hee-chan Hwang
  13. Hyeon-gyu Ohfor Se-hun Oh
  14. Jin-gyu Kimfor Park Yong-Woo
  15. Mohanad Alifor Ali Jasim
  16. Half-time 0–0
  17. Tae-seok LeeYellow card
  18. Korea RepublicYellow card
  19. Ali Al-HamadiRed card
  20. Park Yong-WooYellow card
  21. Youssef AmynYellow card

Table

WC Qualification Asia 2026 · current
#TeamPW-D-LGoalsGDPts
1Korea Republic106-4-020:7+1322
2Jordan104-4-216:8+816
3Iraq104-3-39:9015
4Oman103-2-59:14-511
5Palestine102-4-410:13-310
6Kuwait100-5-57:20-135

Full table

Season comparison

as the teams came into the match
Iraqall competitionsKorea Republic
  1. Goal markets & scoring rates · 15 games each
  2. 2.27Goals per game (both sides)2.73
  3. 53%Over 1.587%
  4. 40%Over 2.540%
  5. 33%Over 3.527%
  6. 33%Both teams scored60%
  7. 60%Clean sheets33%
  8. 20%Failed to score13%
  9. Iraq at home v Korea Republic away
  10. 8Played9
  11. 5Won6
  12. 2Drawn2
  13. 1Lost1
  14. 10-6Goals (for-against)22-7
  15. 2.13Points per game2.22
  16. 38%Over 2.556%
  17. 63%Clean sheets33%
  18. 1st half vs 2nd half scoring · 15 v 12 games
  19. 8-31st-half goals (for-against)12-3
  20. 13-102nd-half goals (for-against)14-5
  21. 62%Goals after half-time54%
  22. 60%Goal before half-time83%
  23. 6-6-3Half-time W-D-L7-5-0

How we calculate this

Matchday 9

WC Qualification Asia · the other 5 games
  1. Indonesia1–0China PR
  2. Oman0–3Jordan
  3. Bahrain0–2Saudi Arabia
  4. Korea DPR2–2Kyrgyz Republic
  5. Kuwait0–2Palestine
WC Qualification Asia fixtures and results →

What stands out

  • 0–0half-time

    The match stood at 0–0 at half-time before 0–2 after the break (0–2 full time).

  • 0-1-4prior H2H

    Entering this match, Iraq held a 0-1-4 record across 5 previous meetings with Korea Republic.

Team stats

6 figures
Iraqfull timeKorea Republic
  1. 1Big chances created4
  2. 1Big chances missed3
  3. 78%Forward passes %85%
  4. 30Passes in final third75
  5. 44Ball recoveries40
  6. 117Possession lost138

Lineups

Starting XIs · ratings at full time
Iraq6.46 avg rating 7.08Korea Republic
  1. 127.0Jalal Hassan
  1. 36.4Hussein Ali↓74′
  2. 26.7Rebin Sulaka
  3. 186.7Zaid Tahseen
  4. 236.2Merchas Doski
  1. 206.6Osama Rashid↓74′
  2. 166.5Amir Al-Ammari
  1. 76.5Youssef AmynYC ↓87′
  2. 86.6Ibrahim Bayesh↓74′
  3. 176.7Ali Jasim↓46′
  1. 95.2Ali Al-HamadiRC
  1. 216.9Hyeon-woo Jo
  1. 37.2Tae-seok LeeYC
  2. 207.2Kyung-won Kwon
  3. 147.3Yu-Min Cho
  4. 227.2Young-woo Seol↓87′
  1. 86.8Park Yong-WooYC ↓46′
  2. 68.4In-beom Hwang
  1. 116.1Hee-chan Hwang↓61′
  2. 106.9Jae-sung Lee↓74′
  3. 187.3Kang-in LeeA
  1. 96.7Se-hun Oh↓60′
  1. 6Manaf YounisDF · ↑74′
  2. 10Mohanad AliFW · ↑46′6.8
  3. 13Sajad JassimMF · ↑74′6.8
  4. 19Mohammed QasimMF6.2
  5. 21Marko FarjiMF · ↑87′
  6. 1Fahad TalibGK
  7. 4Saad NatiqDF
  8. 5Ali FaezDF
  9. 11Hasan AbdulkareemMF
  10. 14Frans PutrosDF
  11. 15Ahmed YahyaDF
  12. 22Ahmed Basil FadhilGK

SubstitutesG goal · A assist · YC yellow · RC red · ↑ on · ↓ off

  1. 7Seon-min MoonFW · YC ↑61′6.4
  2. 13Jin-gyu KimMF · G ↑46′7.6
  3. 15Jun ChoiDF · ↑87′
  4. 19Hyeon-gyu OhFW · G YC ↑60′7.5
  5. 23Jin-woo JeonMF · A ↑74′7.0
  6. 1Kim Dong-HeonGK
  7. 2Hyun-taek ChoDF
  8. 4Ju-sung KimDF
  9. 5Jin-seob ParkMF
  10. 12Chang-geun LeeGK
  11. 16Han-beom LeeDF
  12. 17Hyun-jun YangFW

Player leaders

this match

Shots

  1. Jae-sung LeeKOR3 (2)
  2. In-beom HwangKOR2 (1)
  3. Hyeon-gyu OhKOR2 (2)

Big chances created

  1. In-beom HwangKOR1
  2. Kang-in LeeKOR1
  3. Young-woo SeolKOR1

Passes

  1. In-beom HwangKOR101/110
  2. Yu-Min ChoKOR87/96
  3. Kyung-won KwonKOR82/93

Progressive passes

  1. In-beom HwangKOR98 (89%)
  2. Yu-Min ChoKOR91 (95%)
  3. Kyung-won KwonKOR88 (95%)

Final-third passes

  1. In-beom HwangKOR30
  2. Yu-Min ChoKOR11
  3. Jin-gyu KimKOR10

Ball recoveries

  1. Jalal HassanIRQ10
  2. Jae-sung LeeKOR7
  3. Zaid TahseenIRQ6

Duels won

  1. Kyung-won KwonKOR8/10
  2. Yu-Min ChoKOR7/11
  3. Tae-seok LeeKOR7/11

Dribbles

  1. Kang-in LeeKOR2/5
  2. Youssef AmynIRQ2/3
  3. In-beom HwangKOR1/1

Match info

Season
2026 · Matchday 9 of 19
Stage
Round 3
Kick-off
Venue
Basra Sport City Stadium, Basra
Capacity
65,000 · grass
Weather
37 °C · sky is clear · humidity 12%
Referee
Y. Araki

Match summary

Korea Republic beat Iraq 2-0 in the WC Qualification Asia, Round 3.

Korea Republic had gone 12 matches unbeaten before this one. Across 5 previous meetings on record, Iraq won 0 and Korea Republic won 4, with 1 draw (2.4 goals per game).

Jin-gyu Kim (63') and Hyeon-gyu Oh (82') scored the goals for Korea Republic.

Iraq — live results and scheduleKorea Republic — live results and scheduleHow we calculate this

Top ratings

XI avg 6.46 v 7.08
  1. In-beom HwangKOR8.4
  2. Jin-gyu KimKOR7.6
  3. Hyeon-gyu OhKOR7.5
  4. Kang-in LeeKOR7.3
  5. Yu-Min ChoKOR7.3

Head-to-head

5 meetings on record since 2009

0-1-4Iraq W-D-L · goals 3:9

0 IRQ1 draws4 KOR
With Iraq at home
0-1-2 (0:4)
Goals per meeting
2.4
Over 2.5 goals
60%
Both teams scored
40%
Won by the host
40%
Last 5 (Iraq)
0W 1D 4L · 2.4 goals/game
  1. Korea Republic3–2IraqWC Qualification Asia
  2. Iraq0–1Korea RepublicFriendly International
  3. Iraq0–3Korea RepublicWC Qualification Asia
  4. Iraq0–0Korea RepublicFriendly International
  5. Korea Republic2–1IraqFriendly International

Form

last 10 matches of each side, all competitions, before kick-off
Iraqold → newKorea Republic
  1. 1-0W10 Oct
  2. 2-3L15 Oct
  3. 0-0D14 Nov
  4. 0-0D14 Nov
  5. 1-0W19 Nov
  6. 1-0W22 Dec
  7. 0-2L25 Dec
  8. 1-3L28 Dec
  9. 2-2D20 Mar
  10. 1-2L25 Mar

3-3-4goals 9:121.20pts/game

Bar: goals scored.
Score: own goals first.Pts/game: green ≥ 2.0 · blue ≥ 1.5 · amber ≥ 1.0 · red below

  1. 0-0D5 Sep
  2. 0-0D5 Sep
  3. 3-1W10 Sep
  4. 3-1W10 Sep
  5. 2-0W10 Oct
  6. 3-2W15 Oct
  7. 3-1W14 Nov
  8. 1-1D19 Nov
  9. 1-1D20 Mar
  10. 1-1D25 Mar

5-5-0goals 17:82.00pts/game

  1. APalestine1–2
  2. HKuwait2–2
  3. HSaudi Arabia1–3
  4. ABahrain0–2
  5. HYemen1–0

latest 5

  1. HJordan1–1
  2. HOman1–1
  3. APalestine1–1
  4. AKuwait3–1
  5. HIraq3–2
Show older matches
  1. AOman1–0
  2. HJordan0–0
  3. HJordan0–0
  4. AKorea Republic2–3
  5. HPalestine1–0

older

  1. AJordan2–0
  2. AOman3–1
  3. AOman3–1
  4. HPalestine0–0
  5. HPalestine0–0

Referee

Y. Araki
Cards / match
2.98this match 7 (+4.02)
Yellows / match
2.93
Reds / match
0.05
Penalties / match
0.2822% of matches
Fouls / match
23.3

1.42Home 1.42 vs Away 1.51 yellows/match · 3–1 red · 1 coach card1.51

39%Results in 85 recent matches · draw 21%40%

home winsaway wins
With Korea Republic
0-1-1 in 2 · 0.5 yellows/game

Analysed latest 85 of 100 career matches (83 with card data).

Updated