GOYANG. Korea Republic overcomes United Arab Emirates 1-0 after H. Hee-Chan scored a penalty (36′). Korea Republic was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (61%) was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Goyang Stadium stadium in Goyang on Thursday and it started at 11:00 am local time. The referee was Ning Ma who had the assistance of Xiang Shi and Yi Cao. The 4th official was Yinhao Shen. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 4.8 degrees Celsius or 40.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Korea Republic had a superior ball possession 61% while United Arab Emirates was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Korea Republic was was more aggressive with 90 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Korea Republic won the match​.

Korea Republic shot 21 times, 6 on target, 13 off target. Regarding the opposition, United Arab Emirates shot 4 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Korea Republic received 2 yellow cards (G. Cho and Jung Woo-Young). On the opposite side, United Arab Emirates didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this encounter, Korea Republic will have 11 points like Philippines to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, United Arab Emirates will stay with 3 points to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the WC Qualification Asia, Korea Republic will play away against Iraq on the 16th of November with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Korea Republic (2 draws).

United Arab Emirates will play away agasint Lebanon on the 16th of November with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of United Arab Emirates (2 draws).

Korea Republic – Formation

Korea Republic adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Paulo Jorge Gomes Bento decided to play with the following team: Seung Gyu Kim (7.0), Yong Lee (7.2), Min-jae Kim (7.3), Kyung-won Kwon (6.8), Jin-su Kim (7.3), In-Beom Hwang (7.9), Woo-Young Jung (7.2), Hee-Chan Hwang (7.5), Jae-Sung Lee (6.8), Heung-Min Son (8.4) and Kyu-seong Jo (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Tae-hwan Kim, Sung-Yun Gu, Won-sang Eom, Woo-Yeong Jeong, Hyeon-woo Jo, Min-kyu Song (6.8), Park Ji-soo, Dong-gyeong Lee, Seung-Ho Paik, Chul Hong, Seung-hyun Jung and Geon-heui Kim.

Substitutions

Korea Republic made 2 changes: G. Cho for Song Min-Kyu (76′) and Kim Min-Jae for Park Ji-Su (81′).

Best player: Heung-Min Son​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Korea Republic was Heung-Min Son even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 30 passes (86% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 7 crosses. He hit the woodwork twice times.

United Arab Emirates – Formation

Also United Arab Emirates adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Bert van Marwijk played with: Ali Khasif (7.2), Bandar Al Ahbabi (6.3), Mohamed Al Attas (7.0), Walid Abbas (6.6), Mohammed Barqesh (6.5), Ali Salmin (5.9), Abdallah Ramadan (6.3), Tahnoon Alzaabi (7.1), Ismaeil Matar (6.2), Caio Canedo (6.8) and Ali Mabkhout (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Yousef Jaber, Sebastian Tagliabue, Ahmed Rashid, Yahia Nader, Mohammed Jumaa, Khalid Eisa, Majid Rashid, Ali Saleh, Khalil Ibrahim, Mohnad Salem, Adel Al Hosani and Abdulaziz Hussain.

Substitutions

United Arab Emirates made only 1 change substituting I. Matar for S. Tagliabue (83′)​.

Best player: Ali Khasif​

The player that probably impressed the most for United Arab Emirates was the goalkeeper: Ali Khasif. His rating is 7.21. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Asia.​

• Korea Republic – United Arab Emirates – 1-0
• Iraq – Syria – 1-1
• Lebanon – IR Iran – 1-2
• Australia – Saudi Arabia – 0-0
• China PR – Oman – 1-1
• Vietnam – Japan – 0-1