South Korea vs Czechia, Worldcup 2026 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
South Korea vs Czechia — Worldcup at AKRON.
- South Korea 2 games · 3 pts (2026/26)
- Czechia 2 games · 1 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Amin Omar (Egypt)
- Assistant 1 Mahmoud Abo El Regal (Egypt)
- Assistant 2 Ahmed Hossam (Egypt)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Mexico 2 6 2 South Korea 2 3 3 Czechia 2 1 4 South Africa 2 1 5 Canada 2 4 6 Switzerland 2 4 7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 1 8 Qatar 2 1 9 Brazil 2 4 10 Morocco 2 4 11 Scotland 2 3 12 Haiti 2 0 13 United States 2 6 14 Australia 2 3 15 Paraguay 2 3 16 Turkey 2 0 17 Germany 2 6 18 Ivory Coast 2 3 19 Ecuador 2 1 20 Curacao 2 1 21 Netherlands 2 4 22 Japan 2 4 23 Sweden 2 3 24 Tunisia 2 0 25 New Zealand 1 1 26 Iran 1 1 27 Belgium 1 1 28 Egypt 1 1 29 Uruguay 1 1 30 Saudi Arabia 1 1 31 Spain 1 1 32 Cape Verde Islands 1 1 33 Norway 1 3 34 France 1 3 35 Senegal 1 0 36 Iraq 1 0 37 Argentina 1 3 38 Austria 1 3 39 Jordan 1 0 40 Algeria 1 0 41 Colombia 1 3 42 Congo DR 1 1 43 Portugal 1 1 44 Uzbekistan 1 0 45 England 1 3 46 Ghana 1 3 47 Panama 1 0 48 Croatia 1 0 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Season Stats
South Korea Czechia #2 Position #3 3 Points 1 2 Played 2 1 / 0 / 1 W / D / L 0 / 1 / 1 2 Scored 2 2 Conceded 3 +0 GD -1 1.50 PPG 0.50 50% Win % 0% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
South Korea this season0% Clean Sheets
Czechia this seasonSouth Korea are 2nd (3 pts). Czechia are 3rd (1 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
South Korea0-15–/–16-30–/–31-45–/–46-60–/261-751/–76+1/–■ Scored ■ ConcededCzechia0-151/–16-30–/–31-45–/–46-601/–61-75–/176+–/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds AKRON will turn into a battlefield for South Korea and Czechia.
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. South Korea needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' The travelling Czechia supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
- 20' Patrik Schick needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 25' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 30' South Korea seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 35' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Heung-min Son suffering a number of foals already.
- 40' Czechia looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Ladislav Krejci scoring 1 goals.
- 45' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 50' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Czechia that had 105 games and scored 13 goals.
- 55' Supporters expect more eagerness from Alexandr Sojka, as he is very good at scoring at AKRON with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 59' GOAL! Ladislav Krejci scores on 59. Assisted by Vladimir Coufal
- 64' South Korea started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 64.
- 67' What an equalizer from In-beom Hwang!
- 72' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 77' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 80' Sensational shot from Hyun-Gyu Oh. South Korea is back in the lead.
- 85' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Han-bum Lee made 225 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 90' The referee calls foul for Gi-hyuk Lee. He receives a card.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for South Korea players.
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Lineups
South Korea Lineups
3-4-3Starting XI
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- 4
- 3
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- 13
- 22
- 6
- 10
- 19
- 8
- 7
Bench
- 21
- 12
- 14
- 15
- 5
- 16
- 17
- 23
- 24
- 26
- 9
- 25
- 11
- 18
- 20
Czechia Lineups
3-4-3Starting XI
- 10
- 7
- 22
- 20
- 5
- 17
- 1
- 4
- 6
- 15
- 24
Bench
- 18
- 8
- 19
- 3
- 9
- 13
- 2
- 21
- 16
- 12
- 23
- 11
- 26
- 14
- 25
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ladislav Krejci 1 In-beom Hwang 1 Hyun-Gyu Oh 1 Head to Head
South Korea Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.52 South Korea xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.91 Czechia xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: South Korea winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.43Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 70% 30% ± 2.5 43% 57% ± 3.5 23% 77% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
South Korea or Draw 79%Draw or Czechia 48%South Korea or Czechia 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.1%1 – 0 12.4%0 – 0 11%2 – 0 9.9%2 – 1 Actual0 – 1 6.9%1 – 2 5.3%3 – 0 4.9%3 – 1 4.6%2 – 2 4.1%0 – 2 3.5%3 – 2 2.2%Asian Handicap — South Korea
Handicap South Korea covers Push Czechia covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 15% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 24% 50% -0.5 50% — 50% +0.5 79% — 21% +1 79% 14% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
South Korea keeps clean sheet 41% ✓Czechia keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.