South Korea 0-2 Japan - November 01, 1997 / World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone 1998
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SK
2' - Goal
Hiroshi Nanami
37' - Goal
Wagner Lopes
44' - Substitution
Yong-soo Choiis substituted by Sang-yoon Lee44
SK
46' - Substitution
Jeong-woon Kois substituted by Do-hoon Kim46
59' - Substitution
Jung-won Seois substituted by Sang-rae Roh59 70' - Substitution
Tsuyoshi Kitazawais substituted by Takashi Hirano 79' - Red card
Young-il Choi79
JAP
JAP
Team line-ups
South Korea
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Byung-ji Kim | 27 | 27 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Young-il Choi | 79 | 31 | 45 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
D |
Min-sung Lee | 24 | 16 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Dae-il Jang | 23 | 4 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Ki-hyung Lee | 23 | 25 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Sang-chul Yoo | 26 | 43 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Jeong-woon Ko | 46 | 31 | 74 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Seok-ju Ha | 29 | 76 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Gi-dong Kim | 25 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Jung-won Seo | 59 | 26 | 72 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Yong-soo Choi | 44 | 24 | 19 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Average age
26.3 years
Average number of matches played for the team
37
Japan
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 22 | 19 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Yutaka Akita | 27 | 19 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Akira Narahashi | 25 | 21 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Masami Ihara | 30 | 107 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Naoki Soma | 26 | 41 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa | 70 | 29 | 52 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Motohiro Yamaguchi | 28 | 47 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Hiroshi Nanami | 2 | 24 | 34 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Hidetoshi Nakata | 20 | 14 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Kazuyoshi Miura | 30 | 83 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Wagner Lopes | 37 | 28 | 5 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Average age
26.3 years
Average number of matches played for the team
40
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F |
Sang-yoon Lee | 44 | 28 | 17 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Do-hoon Kim | 46 | 27 | 33 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Sang-rae Roh | 59 | 26 | 24 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D |
Takashi Hirano | 70 | 23 | 5 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Gi-dong Kim
IN
Myung-bo Hong
OUT
Jung-won Seo
IN
Sang-yoon Lee
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Motohiro Yamaguchi
IN
Yasuto Honda
OUT
Masami Ihara
IN
Toshihide Saito
OUT
Manager
Age
Match num
44
22
Success rate in this team:
64 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
64 %
Cha vs Japan
1 victory
1 draw
1 loss
Cha vs Okada
0 victory
0 draw
1 loss
Manager
Age
Match num
41
3
Success rate in this team:
33 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
35 %
Okada vs South Korea
1 victory
0 draw
0 loss
Okada vs Cha
1 victory
0 draw
0 loss
Referee
Esfandiar Baharmast
0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
South Korea1 match | General total | Japan2 matches | 2 victories |
0 draw |
0 loss |
0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
South Korea1 match | Season total | Japan1 match | 1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
| Latest figure on November 01, 1997 | Latest figure on November 01, 1997 | |||||||
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Key figures
Japan keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home in World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone running (since 25/03/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 25/10/1993 (2 matches)
End of streak for South Korea after 11 consecutive matches without a loss in World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone (since 28/10/1993). It was the best streak for the club since 06/04/1985-22/10/1993 (28 matches).
End of streak for South Korea after 5 consecutive matches without a loss vs Japan (since 13/10/1994). It was the best streak for the club since 26/10/1985-29/08/1992 (8 matches).
Pre-match
Current form
| Home | LSouth Korea 1-2 Brazil10/08/1997 | VSouth Korea 4-1 Tajikistan24/08/1997 | DSouth Korea 0-0 China30/08/1997 | VSouth Korea 3-0 Kazakhstan06/09/1997 | VSouth Korea 2-1 Uzbekistan12/09/1997 | VSouth Korea 3-0 United Arab Emirates04/10/1997 |
| Overall | VSouth Korea 3-0 Kazakhstan06/09/1997 | VSouth Korea 2-1 Uzbekistan12/09/1997 | VJapan 1-2 South Korea28/09/1997 | VSouth Korea 3-0 United Arab Emirates04/10/1997 | DKazakhstan 1-1 South Korea11/10/1997 | VUzbekistan 1-5 South Korea18/10/1997 |
Current form
| Away | DThailand 1-1 Japan09/02/1997 | LThailand 3-1 Japan15/03/1997 | VOman 0-1 Japan23/03/1997 | DUnited Arab Emirates 0-0 Japan19/09/1997 | DKazakhstan 1-1 Japan04/10/1997 | DUzbekistan 1-1 Japan11/10/1997 |
| Overall | VJapan 6-3 Uzbekistan07/09/1997 | DUnited Arab Emirates 0-0 Japan19/09/1997 | LJapan 1-2 South Korea28/09/1997 | DKazakhstan 1-1 Japan04/10/1997 | DUzbekistan 1-1 Japan11/10/1997 | DJapan 1-1 United Arab Emirates26/10/1997 |
Running streaks
| Home | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Winning streak | 3 | 1 |
| Unbeaten streak | 5 | 8 |
| Drawless streak | 3 | 1 |
| Scoring streak | 3 | 6 |
| Conceding streak | 0 | 2 |
| Invincibility streak | 1 | 0 |
Running streaks
| Away | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Drawing streak | 3 | 3 |
| Unbeaten streak | 4 | 3 |
| Winless streak | 3 | 5 |
| Scoring streak | 2 | 4 |
| Conceding streak | 2 | 4 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Results
|
10 |
Number of games (Competition total) |
12 |
|
5 |
Number of games (Home / Away) |
4 |
|
8 |
Victories (Competition total) |
6 |
|
4 |
Victories (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
2 |
Draws (Competition total) |
5 |
|
1 |
Draws (Home / Away) |
3 |
|
0 |
Losses (Competition total) |
1 |
|
0 |
Losses (Home / Away) |
0 |
Goals
|
25 |
Goals scored (Competition total) |
41 |
|
12 |
Goals scored (Home / Away) |
3 |
|
5 |
Goals conceded (Competition total) |
9 |
|
1 |
Goals conceded (Home / Away) |
2 |
|
2.5 |
Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
3.42 |
|
2.4 |
Goals scored per match average (Home / Away) |
0.75 |
|
0.5 |
Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
0.75 |
|
0.2 |
Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away) |
0.5 |
Betting aid
|
7 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
6 |
|
4 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
5 |
Clean sheets (Competition total) |
6 |
|
4 |
Clean sheets (Home / Away) |
2 |
|
1 |
Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
1 |
|
1 |
Matches without scoring (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
5 |
The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
6 |
|
1 |
The 2 teams score (Home / Away) |
2 |
|
3-0 |
Most frequent score (Home / Away) |
1-1 |
Bookings
|
6 |
Yellow cards (Competition total) |
12 |
|
2 |
Yellow cards (Home / Away) |
4 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Home / Away) |
0 |
Key players
| Yong-soo Choi | 9 goals | Team's best scorer (Competition total) | 14 goals | Kazuyoshi Miura |  |
| Yong-soo Choi | 4 goals | Team's best scorer (Home / Away) | 1 goal | Yutaka Akita |  |
 | Sang-chul Yoo | 2 penalties | Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total) | 1 penalty | Kazuyoshi Miura | |
| Sang-chul Yoo | 1 penalty | Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away) | - | ||
| Yong-soo Choi | 9 goals during the last 8 matches | The fittest player | 2 goals during the last 2 matches | Wagner Lopes | |
Historical head to head
Home
47 gf
13 ga
Away
43 gf
32 ga
Neutral ground
21 gf
8 ga
Total
111 gf
53 ga
Historical head to head
Home
32 gf
43 ga
Away
13 gf
47 ga
Neutral ground
8 gf
21 ga
Total
53 gf
111 ga
Largest victory
| Overall | 4 - 0 |
July 19, 1978 |
| Home | 3 - 0 |
March 21, 1982 |
Largest victory
| Overall | 4 - 1 |
September 28, 1974 |
| Away | 2 - 1 |
September 30, 1984 |
Latest head to head
September 28, 1997 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 1998
May 21, 1997 - Rencontres amicales 1997
February 26, 1995 - Rencontres amicales 1995
February 21, 1995 - Rencontres amicales 1995
October 13, 1994 - Jeux d'Asie 1994
Best historical scorers against Japan
 |
Sun-hong Hwang | 3 goals | 1990 - 1994 |
|
Sang-chul Yoo | 2 goals | 1994 - 1997 |
 |
Ki-hyung Lee | 2 goals | 1995 - 1995 |
 |
Joo-sung Kim | 1 goal | 1990 - 1990 |
|
Jae-kwon Chung | 1 goal | 1992 - 1992 |
|
Jung-won Seo | 1 goal | 1997 - 1997 |
Best historical scorers against South Korea
|
Kazuyoshi Miura | 3 goals | 1993 - 1997 |
 |
Motohiro Yamaguchi | 2 goals | 1995 - 1997 |
 |
Masashi Nakayama | 1 goal | 1992 - 1992 |
|
Hisashi Kurosaki | 1 goal | 1995 - 1995 |
|
Masahiro Fukuda | 1 goal | 1995 - 1995 |
 |
Takuya Takagi | 1 goal | 1992 - 1992 |
Players with most games played vs Japan
|
Jeong-woon Ko | 8 matches | 1991 - 1997 |
|
Seok-ju Ha | 6 matches | 1991 - 1997 |
 |
Myung-bo Hong | 5 matches | 1990 - 1997 |
|
Young-jin Lee | 5 matches | 1990 - 1994 |
|
Sang-chul Yoo | 5 matches | 1994 - 1997 |
 |
Sung-yong Choi | 4 matches | 1995 - 1997 |
Players with most games played vs South Korea
 |
Masami Ihara | 12 matches | 1988 - 1997 |
 |
Tetsuji Hashiratani | 9 matches | 1989 - 1995 |
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Shigetatsu Matsunaga | 8 matches | 1988 - 1995 |
|
Kazuyoshi Miura | 7 matches | 1991 - 1997 |
|
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa | 7 matches | 1991 - 1995 |
|
Masahiro Fukuda | 7 matches | 1990 - 1995 |
Competition info
The other matches
September 06, 1997
September 07, 1997
September 12, 1997
September 19, 1997
September 20, 1997
September 27, 1997
September 28, 1997
October 04, 1997
October 11, 1997
October 18, 1997
October 25, 1997
October 26, 1997
November 02, 1997
November 08, 1997
November 09, 1997
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