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South Korea vs Czechia — FIFA World Cup 2026 Group Stage

← Schedule Group A · Matchday 1
South Korea
2–1
Match Finished
Czechia
🗓 Friday 12 June 2026 📍 Estadio Akron, Guadalajara 🧑‍⚖️ Amin Mohamed Omar, Egypt

Match prediction

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Match recap

South Korea beat Czechia 2–1.

Scorers — South Korea: Hwang In-Beom 67', Oh Hyeon-Gyu 80' · Czechia: L. Krejci 59'

Possession: South Korea 62% – Czechia 38%.

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Timeline

  1. ⚽L. Krejci

    assist: V. Coufal

    59'
  2. ⇄Lee Jae-Sung

    ↑ Hwang Hee-Chan↓ Lee Jae-Sung

    62'
  3. ⇄P. Sulc

    ↑ A. Hlozek↓ P. Sulc

    64'
  4. ⇄P. Schick

    ↑ T. Chory↓ P. Schick

    64'
  5. ⇄L. Provod

    ↑ M. Sadilek↓ L. Provod

    64'
  6. ⚽Hwang In-Beom

    assist: Lee Kang-In

    67'
  7. ⇄Son Heung-Min

    ↑ Oh Hyeon-Gyu↓ Son Heung-Min

    69'
  8. ⇄Lee Tae-Seok

    ↑ Eom Ji-Sung↓ Lee Tae-Seok

    69'
  9. ⚽Oh Hyeon-Gyu

    assist: Hwang In-Beom

    80'
  10. ⇄Hwang In-Beom

    ↑ Kim Jin-Gyu↓ Hwang In-Beom

    84'
  11. ⇄Paik Seung-Ho

    ↑ Park Jin-Seob↓ Paik Seung-Ho

    84'
  12. ⇄A. Sojka

    ↑ M. Chytil↓ A. Sojka

    84'
  13. 🟨Gi-Hyuk Lee
    90+6'

Match stats

62%Ball Possession38%
2.00Expected goals (xG)0.84
15Total Shots8
6Shots on Goal4
4Corner Kicks5
2Offsides2
9Fouls16
1Yellow Cards0
3Goalkeeper Saves4

Lineups

South Korea3-4-2-1
  • 1Kim Seung-gyuG
  • 2Han-Beom LeeD
  • 4Kim Min-jaeD
  • 3Gi-Hyuk LeeD
  • 22Young-woo SeolM
  • 6Hwang In-beomM
  • 8Seung Ho PaikM
  • 13Lee Tae-seokM
  • 19Kang-in LeeF
  • 10Jae-sung LeeF
  • 7Son Heung-minF

Substitutes

  • 11Hwang Hee-chan
  • 25Ji-sung Eom
  • 18Hyeon-gyu Oh
  • 24Jin-gyu Kim
  • 16Jin-seob Park
  • 21Jo Hyeonwoo
  • 12Song Bum-keun
  • 15Kim Moon-hwan
  • 14Wi-je Cho
  • 5Kim Tae-hyeon
  • 26Dong-gyeong Lee
  • 23Jens Castrop
  • 17Jun-Ho Bae
  • 9Gue-sung Cho
  • 20Yang Hyun-Jun

Coach: Myung-Bo Hong

Czechia3-4-2-1
  • 1Matěj KovářG
  • 6Štěpán ChaloupekD
  • 4Robin HranáčD
  • 7Ladislav KrejčíD
  • 5Vladimír CoufalM
  • 22Tomáš SoučekM
  • 24Alexandr SojkaM
  • 20Jaroslav ZelenýM
  • 17Lukáš ProvodF
  • 15Pavel ŠulcF
  • 10Patrik SchickF

Substitutes

  • 18Michal Sadílek
  • 9Adam Hložek
  • 19Tomáš Chorý
  • 13Mojmír Chytil
  • 16Jindřich Staněk
  • 23Lukáš Horníček
  • 14David Jurásek
  • 2David Zima
  • 3Tomáš Holeš
  • 21David Douděra
  • 26Denis Višinský
  • 25Hugo Sochurek
  • 12Lukáš Červ
  • 8Vladimír Darida
  • 11Jan Kuchta

Coach: Miroslav Koubek

Head-to-head

  • South Korea 2–1 Czechia