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Hajime Moriyasu
Japan
North Korea
Japan
4-2-3-1 · 4-4-2
North Korea
Expected goals (xG) flow
per shotMatch momentum
Minute-by-minute pressure. Bars toward a team mean sustained attacking territory.
Average positions
formation shapeShot map
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Match events
2'
⚽
A. Tanaka · assist R. Doan1–0
20'
K. C. Jang
Half-time · 1–0
46'
🔁
I. Ri ◂ J. Choe
46'
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K. C. Kang ◂ U. Ri
52'
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C. O. Chol ◂ K. K. Sok
58'
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W. Endo ◂ H. Morita
60'
H. Itō
67'
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K. Kim ◂ I. G. Jong
73'
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S. Taniguchi ◂ R. Doan
73'
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T. Asano ◂ T. Minamino
73'
I. Ri
74'
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D. Hashioka ◂ Y. Sugawara
75'
K. C. Kang
80'
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K. Ogawa ◂ A. Ueda
82'
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I. Mun ◂ K. P. Hyok
Full-time · 1–0
Coaches
Hajime MoriyasuYong-Nam Sin 
Recent form
JapanLAIran1-2
WABahrain3-1
WHIndonesia3-1
LAIraq1-2
WHVietnam4-2
North KoreaWAMyanmar6-1
LHSyria0-1
DALebanon0-0
LATurkmenistan1-3
DHSouth Korea0-0
Match facts
Kickoff
21 Mar, 10:20 UTC
Competition
World Cup Qualification AFC
Japan
4-2-3-1 · 4-4-2
North Korea
23
Z. Suzuki
7.5
14
D. Hashioka
6.9
↑ 74'
4
K. Itakura
7.2
15
K. Machida
7.2
21
H. Itō
7.2
6
W. Endo
6.6
↑ 58'
17
A. Tanaka
7.8
3
S. Taniguchi
6.7
↑ 73'
18
T. Asano
6.9
↑ 73'
11
D. Maeda
7.8
19
K. Ogawa
6.4
↑ 80'
1
K. J. Hyok
6.5
14
C. O. Chol
7.0
↑ 52'
3
K. C. Jang
6.5
16
K. Y. Song
6.5
7
I. Mun
6.5
↑ 82'
20
C. Paek
6.4
22
K. K. Bom
6.4
17
K. C. Kang
6.7
↑ 46'
13
I. Ri
6.7
↑ 46'
8
K. Kim
6.5
↑ 67'
10
H. Kwang-Sŏng
6.7
Substitutes
1GD. Maekawa
12GO. Keisuke
2DY. Sugawara↓ 74'7.2
22DY. Nagatomo
16DT. Watanabe
10MR. Doan↓ 73'7.6
5MH. Morita↓ 58'6.8
8MT. Minamino↓ 73'6.4
13MK. Nakamura
20MT. Kubo
7MT. Kawamura
9FA. Ueda↓ 80'6.2
Coach: Hajime Moriyasu
Substitutes
21GK. Yu
18GS. T. Song
4DK. P. Hyok↓ 82'6.7
2DK. K. Sok↓ 52'6.0
19DK. Sung-Hye
5DK. Jong
23DJ. N. Choe
15MU. Ri↓ 46'6.4
6MK. Tam
11FI. G. Jong↓ 67'6.5
12FJ. Choe↓ 46'6.4
9FJ. Ri
Coach: Yong-Nam Sin
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