South Korea vs Portugal, Worldcup 2022 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
South Korea vs Portugal — Worldcup at Education City Stadium.
- South Korea 2 games · 3 pts (2026/26)
- Portugal 1 games · 1 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Gabriel Chade
- Referee Facundo Tello
- Referee Ezequiel Brailovsky
- Referee Juan Soto (Peru)
- Referee Nicolas Gallo (Colombia)
- Referee Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
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 Portugal #2 Position #43 3 Points 1 2 Played 1 1 / 0 / 1 W / D / L 0 / 1 / 0 2 Scored 1 2 Conceded 1 +0 GD +0 1.50 PPG 1.00 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
Portugal this seasonSouth Korea are 2nd (3 pts). Portugal are 43rd (1 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
South Korea0-15–/–16-30–/–31-45–/–46-60–/261-751/–76+1/–■ Scored ■ ConcededPortugal0-151/–16-30–/–31-45–/146-60–/–61-75–/–76+–/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Education City Stadium will turn into a battlefield for South Korea and Portugal.
- 5' Portugal is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ricardo Horta on 5.
- 6' What a strike from Ricardo Horta! The score is 0-2.
- 11' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Portugal needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 16' The travelling Portugal supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 21' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 26' 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 Kim Younggwon suffering a number of foals already.
- 27' GOAL! Kim Younggwon scores on 27.
- 28' Goal! Kim Younggwon scores his 6 goal in 10 matches.
- 33' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Portugal that had 121 games and scored 40 goals.
- 36' South Korea player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 41' It looks like no one’s ball. South Korea is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 46' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 51' Antonio Silva has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 50 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 56' South Korea is showing some good football. However, South Korea are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 61' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 65' The supporters are chanting for Joao Palhinha. He replaces Matheus Nunes on 65 minute.
- 66' Andre Silva has so much to prove this time. He replaces Cristiano Ronaldo on 66 minute.
- 71' 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.
- 76' Rafael Leao needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 81' Joon-Ho Son has so much to prove this time. He replaces Lee Kangin on 81 minute.
- 82' Another change for Portugal made on 82 minute. Vitor Ferreira leaves to be changed by William Carvalho.
- 87' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 90' South Korea player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 90' Time for substitution for South Korea. Gue-Sung Cho is replaced by Yu-min Cho.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Portugal.
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Lineups
South Korea Lineups
Starting XI
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- 15
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19
Kim Younggwon ↓ Hwang Uijo 81'
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- 5
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10
Lee Jaesung ↓ Hwang Heechan 65'
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18
Lee Kangin ↓ Joon-Ho Son 81'
- 7
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9
Gue-Sung Cho ↓ Yu-min Cho 90'
- 20
Bench
- 12
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24
Yu-min Cho ↑ 90'
- 14
- 4
- 23
- 2
- 22
- 17
- 8
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11
Hwang Heechan ↑ 65'
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16
Hwang Uijo ↑ 81'
- 25
- 26
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13
Joon-Ho Son ↑ 81'
- 21
Portugal Lineups
Starting XI
- 2
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18
Ruben Neves ↓ Rafael Leao 65'
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7
Cristiano Ronaldo ↓ Andre Silva 65'
- 20
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17
Joao Mario ↓ Bernardo Silva 81'
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23
Matheus Nunes ↓ Joao Palhinha 65'
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- 21
- 22
- 16
- 24
Bench
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10
Bernardo Silva ↑ 81'
- 1
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15
Rafael Leao ↑ 65'
- 5
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9
Andre Silva ↑ 65'
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14
William Carvalho ↑ 81'
- 8
- 12
- 4
- 11
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6
Joao Palhinha ↑ 65'
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Coach Fernando Santos -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kim Younggwon 2 Ricardo Horta 2 Hwang Heechan 1 Head to Head
South Korea Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.33 South Korea xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.86 Portugal xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 63% + Under — clean sheet likely 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: South Korea winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.19Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 87% 13% ± 1.5 64% 36% ± 2.5 37% 63% ± 3.5 18% 82% ± 4.5 8% 92% Double Chance
South Korea or Draw 77%Draw or Portugal 52%South Korea or Portugal 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 13.7%1 – 1 13.7%0 – 0 13.5%2 – 0 9.5%0 – 1 8.4%2 – 1 Actual1 – 2 5.3%3 – 0 4.2%0 – 2 3.9%3 – 1 3.7%2 – 2 3.7%3 – 2 1.7%Asian Handicap — South Korea
Handicap South Korea covers Push Portugal covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 14% 78% -1.5 22% — 78% -1 22% 24% 54% -0.5 46% — 54% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 15% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
South Korea keeps clean sheet 43% ✓Portugal keeps clean sheet 27% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.