North Korea 2-3 Iran: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings | AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

North Korea

M. Taremi 56' (OG)

59'

Iran

M. Ghaedi 29'

M. Mohebi 41'

M. Mohebi 45'

AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

3rd Round - 5

November 14, 2024 12:00pm

New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane

Key stats

Ball Possession

51%

49%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

North Korea 4-4-2

Iran 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper

Ju-Hyok Kang

8.7

A. Beiranvand

6.7

Defenders

Pom Hyok Kim

6.9

M. Mohammadi

6.3

Kim Yu-Song

7.7

A. Nemati

6.7

Kuk-Chol Jang

6.9

S. Khalilzadeh

6.3

Ok-Chol Choe

7.2

A. Yousefi

6.3

Midfielders

Choe Ju-Song

6.2

S. Ezatolahi

7.5

Kang Kuk-Chol

7.5

M. Karimi

6.3

Tam Kye

6.3

M. Ghaedi

7.3

Chung Song Paek

6.3

M. Taremi

8.9

M. Mohebi

8.6

Forwards

Ri Jo-Guk

7.3

S. Azmoun

7.0

Kwang-Song Han

7.0

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Highest rating

8.7

Ju-Hyok Kang

8.9

M. Taremi

Match Summary

On November 14, 2024 during the 2026 AFC World Cup Qualification match, North Korea faced off against Iran at New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane. The game concluded with Iran securing a victory. With 51% possession, North Korea versus Iran's 49% and shots on goal at 4 to 12. North Korea had 82% successful passes (of 420 passes) over Iran which had 79% successful passes (of 406 passes). The outstanding efforts by Ju-Hyok Kang and M. Taremi played a key role.

Lineup

4-4-2

4-2-3-1

Kang

8.7

Played:
100Min

Saves:
9 of 12

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
15/25

Won duels:
1/1

Choe

7.2

Played:
100Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
36/48

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
8/11

Dribbles:
5/5

Jang

6.9

Played:
100Min

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
35/40

Won duels:
5/7

Yu-Song

7.7

Played:
100Min

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
45/53

Won duels:
1/3

Kim

6.9

Played:
100Min

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
32/38

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/9

Paek

6.3

Played:
100Min

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
36/43

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
0/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Kye

6.3

Played:
68Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
19/23

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/9

Dribbles:
0/1

Kuk-Chol

7.5

Played:
100Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
62/73

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/7

Ju-Song

6.2

Played:
68Min

Accurate passes:
9/12

Won duels:
2/5

Han

7.0

Played:
73Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
13/17

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/5

Dribbles:
1/2

Jo-Guk

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
22/24

Won duels:
5/13

Azmoun

7.0

Played:
68Min

Accurate passes:
17/21

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
1/3

Ghaedi

7.3

Played:
54Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
10/16

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
1/5

Dribbles:
1/2

Taremi

8.9

Played:
81Min

Accurate passes:
16/24

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
3/6

Mohebi

8.6

Played:
81Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
19/23

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/8

Ezatolahi

7.5

Played:
100Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
30/35

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
7/11

Dribbles:
1/1

Karimi

6.3

Played:
68Min

Accurate passes:
31/37

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Mohammadi

6.3

Played:
100Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
33/40

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Nemati

6.7

Played:
100Min

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
48/52

Won duels:
2/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Khalilzadeh

6.3

Played:
51Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
44/47

Won duels:
5/8

Yousefi

6.3

Played:
100Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
26/34

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
5/7

Dribbles:
0/1

Beiranvand

6.7

Played:
100Min

Saves:
3 of 5

Accurate passes:
25/39

Won duels:
2/2

Substitutes

Coach

Yong-Nam Sin

Un-Chol

6.7

Played:
32Min

Accurate passes:
11/12

Kwang-Hun

6.9

Played:
32Min

Accurate passes:
7/8

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
0/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Il-Gwan

6.3

Played:
27Min

Accurate passes:
2/3

Kum-Song

6.3

Played:
10Min

Accurate passes:
0/1

Won duels:
1/2

Sin

Kum-Chon

Sung-Hye

Kim

Coach

Amir Ghalenoei

Kanani

6.3

Played:
46Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
3/6

Won duels:
1/4

Ghorbani

6.7

Played:
32Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
5/6

Jahanbakhsh

6.6

Played:
32Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
6/11

Won duels:
2/4

Noorafkan

6.9

Played:
19Min

Accurate passes:
4/7

Won duels:
4/4

Dribbles:
1/1

Moghanlou

6.6

Played:
19Min

Accurate passes:
4/8

Won duels:
3/6

Niazmand

Hosseini

Cheshmi

Hazbavi

Hosseinnezhad

Gholizadeh

Hosseinzadeh

Stats

Ball Possession

North Korea: 51%

Iran Iran: 49%

Total Shots

North Korea: 17

Iran Iran: 18

Shots on Goal

North Korea: 4

Iran Iran: 12

Corner Kicks

North Korea: 3

Iran Iran: 2

Offsides

North Korea: 1

Iran Iran: 1

Fouls

North Korea: 11

Iran Iran: 7

Yellow Cards

North Korea: 2

Iran Iran: 1

Red Cards

North Korea: 0

Iran Iran: 1

Total Passes

North Korea: 420

Iran Iran: 406

Goals Prevented

North Korea: 0

Iran Iran: 0

Passes Accuracy

North Korea: 344 (82%)

Iran Iran: 321 (79%)

Key stats

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Match Summary

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Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

North Korea vs Iran

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline