Japan 1-0 North Korea: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings | AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

Japan

A. Tanaka 2'

North Korea

AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

Group B - 3

March 21, 2024 10:23am

Japan National Stadium, Tokyo

Key stats

Ball Possession

61%

39%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Japan 4-4-2

North Korea 4-4-2

Goalkeeper

Z. Suzuki

7.3

Ju-Hyok Kang

6.3

Defenders

H. Ito

7.3

Pom Hyok Kim

6.6

K. Machida

7.3

Kim Yu-Song

6.3

K. Itakura

7.3

Kuk-Chol Jang

6.3

Y. Sugawara

7.3

Kim Kyong-Sok

6.0

Midfielders

T. Minamino

6.5

Choe Ju-Song

6.5

H. Morita

6.9

Ri Un-Chol

6.5

A. Tanaka

7.9

Kuk-Bom Kim

6.5

R. Dōan

7.7

Chung Song Paek

6.5

Forwards

A. Ueda

6.3

Kwang-Song Han

6.6

D. Maeda

7.9

Jong Il-Gwan

6.7

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Highest rating

7.9

D. Maeda

7.0

Ok-Chol Choe

Match Summary

On March 21, 2024 during the 2026 AFC World Cup Qualification match, Japan faced off against North Korea at Japan National Stadium, Tokyo. The game concluded with Japan securing a victory. With 61% possession, Japan versus North Korea's 39% and shots on goal at 3 to 3. Japan had 84% successful passes (of 389 passes) over North Korea which had 65% successful passes (of 246 passes). The outstanding efforts by D. Maeda and Ok-Chol Choe played a key role.

Lineup

4-4-2

Suzuki

7.3

Played:
90Min

Saves:
3 of 3

Accurate passes:
15/21

Sugawara

7.3

Played:
74Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
30/37

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/4

Itakura

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
46/51

Won duels:
6/7

Machida

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
48/56

Won duels:
3/4

Ito

7.3

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
24/34

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Dōan

7.7

Played:
73Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
15/17

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
1/3

Tanaka

7.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
53/61

Won duels:
5/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Morita

6.9

Played:
58Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
23/26

Won duels:
3/3

Minamino

6.5

Played:
74Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
7/12

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Maeda

7.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
7

Accurate passes:
5/6

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
10/14

Dribbles:
0/2

Ueda

6.3

Played:
81Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
8/11

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Han

6.6

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
7/10

Won duels:
3/9

Dribbles:
1/3

Il-Gwan

6.7

Played:
68Min

Accurate passes:
3/4

Won duels:
2/5

Ju-Song

6.5

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
1/2

Won duels:
1/2

Un-Chol

6.5

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
0/3

Kim

6.5

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
17/24

Won duels:
2/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Paek

6.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
9/14

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/4

Kim

6.6

Played:
83Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
11/18

Won duels:
2/3

Yu-Song

6.3

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
20/25

Won duels:
2/7

Jang

6.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
25/39

Won duels:
7/12

Kyong-Sok

6.0

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
4/7

Won duels:
1/5

Dribbles:
0/1

Kang

6.3

Played:
90Min

Saves:
2 of 3

Accurate passes:
11/25

Substitutes

Coach

Hajime Moriyasu

Endo

6.7

Played:
32Min

Accurate passes:
22/24

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/4

Asano

6.9

Played:
16Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
9/9

Won duels:
3/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Taniguchi

6.6

Played:
17Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
7/9

Won duels:
3/3

Hashioka

6.9

Played:
16Min

Accurate passes:
9/11

Won duels:
3/3

Ogawa

6.5

Played:
9Min

Accurate passes:
4/4

Won duels:
1/3

Osako

Nagatomo

Kawamura

Watanabe

Maekawa

Kubo

Nakamura

Coach

Yong-Nam Sin

Il-Song

6.6

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
9/12

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Kuk-Chol

6.7

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
26/33

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/7

Dribbles:
0/1

Choe

7.0

Played:
38Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
11/23

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Kuk-Jin

6.3

Played:
22Min

Accurate passes:
2/2

Won duels:
0/3

Dribbles:
0/1

In-Ju

6.3

Played:
11Min

Accurate passes:
3/5

Sung-Hye

Sin

Kye

Choe

Kum-Song

Jo-Guk

Stats

Ball Possession

Japan Japan: 61%

North Korea: 39%

Total Shots

Japan Japan: 12

North Korea: 6

Shots on Goal

Japan Japan: 3

North Korea: 3

Corner Kicks

Japan Japan: 7

North Korea: 3

Offsides

Japan Japan: 2

North Korea: 2

Fouls

Japan Japan: 5

North Korea: 8

Yellow Cards

Japan Japan: 1

North Korea: 3

Red Cards

Japan Japan: 0

North Korea: 0

Total Passes

Japan Japan: 389

North Korea: 246

Passes Accuracy

Japan Japan: 325 (84%)

North Korea: 159 (65%)

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

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Japan vs North Korea

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

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline