North Korea 1-2 United Arab Emirates: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings | AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

North Korea

43'

United Arab Emirates

Fábio Lima 5'

Sultan Adil 90' +8

AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

3rd Round - 8

March 25, 2025 6:15pm

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

Key stats

Ball Possession

31%

69%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

North Korea 4-4-2

United Arab Emirates 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper

Ju-Hyok Kang

7.3

Khalid Eisa

6.9

Defenders

Kim Sung-Hye

6.2

Harib Abdalla Suhail

7.5

Kim Yu-Song

7.5

Kouame Autonne Kouadio

7.3

Jong Hwi-Nam

6.3

Lucas Pimenta

7.5

Choe Ryong Il

6.3

Marcus Meloni

7.3

Midfielders

Ri Kum Chol

6.7

Abdalla Ramadan

7.9

Kang Kuk-Chol

7.3

Yahia Nader

6.9

Ro Myong-Song

Luanzinho

6.6

Chung Song Paek

6.3

Fábio Lima

7.6

Jonatas Santos

6.9

Forwards

Ri Il-Song

6.6

Caio Lucas

7.3

Pak Kwang-Hun

6.6

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Highest rating

7.5

Kim Yu-Song

7.9

Abdalla Ramadan

Match Summary

On March 25, 2025 during the 2026 AFC World Cup Qualification match, North Korea faced off against United Arab Emirates at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh. The game concluded with United Arab Emirates securing a victory. With 31% possession, North Korea versus United Arab Emirates's 69% and shots on goal at 2 to 7. United Arab Emirates had 85% successful passes (of 674 passes) over North Korea which had 69% successful passes (of 303 passes). The outstanding efforts by Kim Yu-Song and Abdalla Ramadan played a key role.

Lineup

4-4-2

4-2-3-1

Kang

7.3

Played:
98Min

Saves:
5 of 7

Accurate passes:
14/35

Won duels:
1/1

6.3

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
23/29

Won duels:
4/7

Dribbles:
0/1

Hwi-Nam

6.3

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
16/19

Won duels:
1/4

Yu-Song

7.5

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
28/30

Won duels:
7/10

Sung-Hye

6.2

Played:
98Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
14/28

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
1/3

Paek

6.3

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
5/7

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/5

Dribbles:
0/2

Myong-Song

Kuk-Chol

7.3

Played:
98Min

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
25/36

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
5/6

Chol

6.7

Played:
41Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
8/9

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
0/1

Kwang-Hun

6.6

Played:
73Min

Accurate passes:
10/14

Won duels:
8/15

Dribbles:
0/1

Il-Song

6.6

Played:
98Min

Accurate passes:
18/23

Won duels:
2/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Lucas

7.3

Played:
73Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
28/35

Won duels:
4/6

Luanzinho

6.6

Played:
65Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
21/30

Won duels:
5/11

Dribbles:
1/3

Lima

7.6

Played:
72Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
37/45

Won duels:
1/2

Santos

6.9

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
8/10

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/7

Ramadan

7.9

Played:
98Min

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
86/97

Key passes:
4

Won duels:
1/5

Nader

6.9

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
71/80

Won duels:
2/4

Suhail

7.5

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
48/62

Key passes:
4

Won duels:
5/8

Dribbles:
1/3

Kouadio

7.3

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
85/93

Won duels:
7/10

Pimenta

7.5

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
90/100

Won duels:
7/12

Meloni

7.3

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
5

Accurate passes:
48/56

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/10

Eisa

6.9

Played:
98Min

Saves:
1 of 2

Accurate passes:
30/30

Substitutes

Coach

Yong-Nam Sin

Kuk-Jin

6.7

Played:
47Min

Accurate passes:
9/10

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/13

Dribbles:
0/1

Jang

6.6

Played:
53Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
4/7

Won duels:
2/3

Kuk

6.5

Played:
53Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
4/6

Won duels:
2/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Kum-Song

6.6

Played:
25Min

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
1/3

Won duels:
1/1

Kil-Ryong

Kye

6.5

Played:
10Min

Accurate passes:
0/2

Kim

Myong

Guk

Coach

Paulo Bento

Adil

7.2

Played:
53Min

Accurate passes:
9/12

Won duels:
0/5

Ghassani

6.9

Played:
33Min

Accurate passes:
5/13

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Bruno

6.9

Played:
26Min

Accurate passes:
6/7

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/6

Canedo

6.6

Played:
25Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
4/4

Won duels:
2/3

Khaseif

Meqebaali

Attas

Ebraheim

Faiz

Hunt

Zaabi

Stats

Ball Possession

North Korea: 31%

United Arab Emirates: 69%

Total Shots

North Korea: 7

United Arab Emirates: 20

Shots on Goal

North Korea: 2

United Arab Emirates: 7

Corner Kicks

North Korea: 4

United Arab Emirates: 4

Offsides

North Korea: 0

United Arab Emirates: 3

Fouls

North Korea: 14

United Arab Emirates: 11

Yellow Cards

North Korea: 3

United Arab Emirates: 2

Red Cards

North Korea: 0

United Arab Emirates: 0

Total Passes

North Korea: 303

United Arab Emirates: 674

Goals Prevented

North Korea: 0

United Arab Emirates: 0

Passes Accuracy

North Korea: 208 (69%)

United Arab Emirates: 576 (85%)

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

North Korea vs United Arab Emirates

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