North Korea vs United Arab Emirates match stats & report

1–2 Full time

World Cup - Qualification Asia · 3rd Round - 8 · Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh · Ref M. K. Al Hoish

North Korea stats & fixtures · United Arab Emirates stats & fixtures

North Korea lost to United Arab Emirates 1–2 in the World Cup - Qualification Asia (3rd Round - 8) on 25 March 2025. United Arab Emirates had 69% of the ball.

North Korea vs United Arab Emirates match statistics

North KoreaUnited Arab Emirates

31% Ball possession 69%
7 Total shots 20
2 Shots on target 7
4 Shots off target 8
1 Blocked shots 5
7 Shots inside the box 11
4 Corners 4
14 Fouls 11
0 Offsides 3
3 Yellow cards 2
305 Passes 675
69% Pass accuracy 85%
5 Goalkeeper saves 1

Goals and cards

5' Goal Fábio Lima United Arab Emirates
25' Yellow card Jong Hwi-Nam North Korea
35' Yellow card Abdalla Ramadan United Arab Emirates
43' Goal Kim Yu-Song North Korea
63' Yellow card Yahia Nader United Arab Emirates
77' Yellow card Kim Yu Song North Korea
79' Yellow card Kuk-jin Kim North Korea
90' Goal Sultan Adil (assist Harib Suhail) United Arab Emirates

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

North Korea

Confirmed 4-4-2 Yong-Nam Sin

1 Kang Ju-Hyok

19 Kim Sung-Hye 5 Jong Hwi-Nam 4 R. Kum-Chol 12 Choe Ryong II

17 Kang Kuk-Chol 15 M. Ra 20 Paek Chung-Song 16 Kim Yu-Song

10 Ri Il-song 11 Pak Kwang-Hun

Bench Kim Jin-Hyuk , Jang Kuk-Chol , Kye Tam , Kim Kuk-Jin , Choe Kuk , Ri Kwang-Myong , Hong Kil-ryong , Yu Kwang-Jun , Han Chung-Guk , Jong Kum-Song

United Arab Emirates

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Aurelian Cosmin Olăroiu

17 Khalid Eisa

9 Harib Suhail 4 K. Kouadio 3 Lucas Pimenta 5 Marcus Meloni

6 Abdalla Ramadan 15 Yahia Nader

21 L. Pereira 10 Fábio Lima 16 J. Santos

14 Caio Lucas

Bench Ali Khaseif , I. Faiz , Bruno , Tahnoon Alzaabi , Caio Canedo , Khalifa Al Hammadi , Mohammed Al Attas , Mackenzie Hunt , Khaled Aldhanhani , Yahya Alghassani , Hamad Abdullah , Sultan Adil

Form guide

North Korea at home

No completed matches on record.

United Arab Emirates away

1–0–3 in 4 matches

Scored: 1.3 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 4
Corners: 2.5 per game
Shots on target: 4.0 per game

Based on 4 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

North Korea vs United Arab Emirates head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
10 Oct 24	United Arab Emirates v North Korea	1–1

Only 1 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full North Korea vs United Arab Emirates head-to-head record