Match Report
The table read 2nd (Korea DPR, 9 pts) against 4th (Myanmar, 1 pts), 8 points apart. Korea DPR ranked just 61st in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Korea DPR 1.83 scored and 1.17 conceded per game, Myanmar 0.5 and 4.67, with the league averaging 1.4.
A win had eluded Myanmar for 6 matches. Recent form was uneven: 9/15 points for Korea DPR, 1/15 for Myanmar.
With 51 matches recorded and 2.0 yellow cards per game, Y. Shen was the man in the middle. The match was played at National Stadium Ramat Gan in Ramat Gan (capacity 4,300). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Korea DPR led 3-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 4-1.