Iraq vs South Korea match stats & report

0–2 Full time

World Cup - Qualification Asia · 3rd Round - 9 · Basra International Stadium, Basra · Ref Yusuke Araki, Japan

Iraq stats & fixtures · South Korea stats & fixtures

Iraq lost to South Korea 0–2 in the World Cup - Qualification Asia (3rd Round - 9) on 5 June 2025. South Korea had 76% of the ball.

Iraq vs South Korea match statistics

IraqSouth Korea

24% Ball possession 76%
5 Total shots 13
2 Shots on target 7
3 Shots off target 4
0 Blocked shots 2
2 Shots inside the box 8
1 Corners 10
8 Fouls 12
3 Offsides 2
1 Yellow cards 4
1 Red cards 0
224 Passes 695
64% Pass accuracy 88%
5 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

3' Yellow card Youssef Amyn Iraq
22' Yellow card Yong-uh Park South Korea
26' Red card Ali Al Hamadi Iraq
45+1' Yellow card Lee Tae-Seok South Korea
63' Goal Kim Jin-Gyu (assist Lee Kang-In) South Korea
80' Yellow card Moon Seon-Min South Korea
82' Goal Oh Hyeon-Gyu (assist Jeon Jin-Woo) South Korea
87' Yellow card Oh Hyeon-Gyu South Korea

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Iraq

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Graham James Arnold

12 Jalal Hassan Hachim

23 Merchas Doski 18 Zayed Tahseen 2 Rebin Solaka 3 H. Ali

16 Amir Al Ammari 20 Osama Rashid

17 A. Al Tameemi 8 Ibrahim Bayesh 7 Youssef Amyn

9 Ali Al Hamadi

Bench Fahad Talib , Ahmed Basil , N. Natiq , A. Faez , Manaf Younnes , Frans Dhia Putros , A. Yahya , H. Abdulkareem , J. Al Msharrafawee , Mohammed Qasim , M. Farji , Muhanad Ali

South Korea

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Myung-Bo Hong

21 Jo Hyeon-Woo

3 Lee Tae-Seok 20 Kwon Kyung-Won 14 Cho Yu-Min 22 Seol Young-Woo

8 Park Yong-Woo 6 Hwang In-Beom

11 Hwang Hee-Chan 10 Lee Jae-Sung 18 Lee Kang-In

9 Oh Se-Hun

Bench Kim Dong-Heon , Lee Chang-Geun , Cho Hyun-Taek , Kim Ju-Sung , Choi Jun , Lee Han-Beom , Jin-seob Park , Moon Seon-Min , Kim Jin-Gyu , Yang Hyun-Jun , Jeon Jin-Woo , Oh Hyeon-Gyu

Form guide

Iraq at home

4–1–2 in 7 matches

Scored: 1.1 per game
Conceded: 1.3 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 7
Corners: 3.0 per game
Shots on target: 1.7 per game

25% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Based on 7 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

South Korea away

0–0–3 in 3 matches

Scored: 0.0 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 0 / 3
Corners: 4.7 per game
Shots on target: 2.3 per game

Based on 3 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Iraq vs South Korea head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
15 Oct 24	South Korea v Iraq	3–2
6 Jan 24	Iraq v South Korea	0–1
16 Nov 21	Iraq v South Korea	0–3
2 Sep 21	South Korea v Iraq	0–0
7 Jun 17	Iraq v South Korea	0–0

Only 5 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Iraq vs South Korea head-to-head record