Mexico v South Korea
FIFA World Cup · 2026 · Group Stage - 2
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FIFA World Cup · 2026 · Group Stage - 2
Estadio Akron
Timeline
- Kick-off
- 4'Yellow card. Lee Kang-InYellow Card · FoulTeam: South Korea
- 0-0Half time
- Second half
- 50'1-0Goal. L. RomoNormal GoalTeam: Mexico
- 57'Substitution. Lee Jae-Sung replaced by Hee Chan HwangSubstitution 1Team: South Korea
- 57'Substitution. Son Heung-Min replaced by Hyeon-gyu OhSubstitution 2Team: South Korea
- 58'Yellow card. Paik Seung-HoYellow Card · FoulTeam: South Korea
- 71'Substitution. L. Romo replaced by Obed VargasSubstitution 1Team: Mexico
- 71'Substitution. Brian Gutierrez replaced by Orbelín PinedaSubstitution 2Team: Mexico
- 71'Substitution. Kim Moon-Hwan replaced by Eom Ji-SungSubstitution 3Team: South Korea
- 71'Substitution. Seol Young-Woo replaced by Yang Hyun-JunSubstitution 4Team: South Korea
- 77'Substitution. Paik Seung-Ho replaced by Gue-sung ChoSubstitution 5Team: South Korea
- 80'Substitution. R. Alvarado replaced by I. ReyesSubstitution 3Team: Mexico
- 80'Substitution. Raúl Jiménez replaced by Santiago GiménezSubstitution 4Team: Mexico
- 84'Substitution. J. Quiñones replaced by César HuertaSubstitution 5Team: Mexico
- 1-0Full time
Line-ups
Mexico
Formation 4-3-3
South Korea
Mexico
4-3-3
Substitutes
- 8Álvaro Fidalgo
- 10A. Vega
- 11Santiago Giménez
- 12C. Acevedo
- 13Guillermo Ochoa
- 14A. González
- 15I. Reyes
- 17Orbelín Pineda
- 18Obed Vargas
- 19G. Mora
- 20Mateo Chávez
- 21César Huerta
- 22G. Martínez
- 24L. Chávez
South Korea
Substitutes
- 5Kim Tae-Hyeon
- 9Gue-sung Cho
- 11Hee Chan Hwang
- 12Song Bum-Keun
- 13Lee Tae-Seok
- 14Cho Wi-Je
- 16Park Jin-Seop
- 17Bae Jun-Ho
- 18Hyeon-gyu Oh
- 20Yang Hyun-Jun
- 21Jo Hyeon-Woo
- 23Jens Castrop
- 24Kim Jin-Gyu
- 25Eom Ji-Sung
- 26Lee Dong-Gyeong
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Match statistics
- 42%
- Possession
- 58%
- 8
- Shots
- 9
- 4
- Shots on target
- 2
- 3
- Shots off target
- 4
- 1
- Shots blocked
- 3
- 5
- Shots inside the box
- 6
- 3
- Shots outside the box
- 3
- 2
- Saves
- 3
- 0
- Corners
- 2
- 3
- Offsides
- 6
- 9
- Fouls
- 7
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 2
- 427
- Passes
- 578
- 349
- Accurate passes
- 488
- 82%
- Pass accuracy
- 84%
MexicoSouth Korea
FIFA World Cup
| Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | +6 | 9 |
| 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
Head to head
Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.
- Mexico
- 1
- Drawn
- 0
- South Korea
- 0
The record over the 1 meetings listed below.
- South Korea

MexicoFTFIFA World Cup
Mexico beat South Korea 1-0 in the FIFA World Cup on Thursday 18 June. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.
Times are shown in UTC.