Completed 2026 World Cup · Group Stage

South Korea 2–1 Czechia: match result

Match 2 · Group Stage · Group AJune 12, 2026

South Korea2

Hwang In-Beom67'
Oh Hyeon-Gyu80'

2–1

South Korea won in normal time

Czechia1

Ladislav Krejcí59'

61.5%Possession38.5%

15Shots7

6On target4

Estadio GuadalajaraGuadalajaraFT

Attendance44,985

RefereeAmin Omar

KOR3-4-2-1

CZE3-4-2-1

Result statusFull time

Match intelligence

What separated the teams

01 · Finishing

South Korea had the scoring edge

13.3%Goal conversion14.3%

02 · Territory

South Korea controlled more of the ball

61.5%Possession38.5%

03 · Defensive workload

South Korea made more recorded interventions

44Saves, interceptions, clearances31

Straight from the completed match report — no xG, tracking or player ratings.

Team comparison

Complete performance breakdown

KORCZE

Attacking output

Volume, accuracy and finishing from the recorded attempts.

15Attempts7

6On target4

4Blocked shots1

40.0%Shot accuracy57.1%

13.3%Goal conversion14.3%

Goals divided by attempts

Possession & passing

Control, circulation and progression of the ball.

61.5%Possession38.5%

469Passes completed230

90%Pass accuracy70%

3Crosses completed3

30Long balls completed23

Defensive work

Interventions made without treating workload as quality by itself.

3Saves4

4Tackles won7

60%Tackle success80%

9Interceptions6

32Clearances21

Discipline & pressure

Fouls, cards, offsides and set-piece pressure.

9Fouls committed16

2Offsides2

1Yellow cards0

0Red cards0

4Corners5

Player leaders

Who led the recorded actions

Goals

Hwang In-Beom

Oh Hyeon-Gyu

Ladislav Krejcí

Assists

Hwang In-Beom

Lee Kang-In

Vladimír Coufal

Shots

Son Heung-Min

On target

Hwang In-Beom

Michal Sadílek

Fouls won

Lee Kang-In

Saves

Matej Kovár

Minute by minute

Everything that happened, in order

Goals, cards, penalties and substitutions as recorded.

G Goal! CardP Penalty↕ Substitution

Korea2 goals·1 cards·5 changes

Czechia1 goals·0 cards·4 changes

Key events

Goals, cards and penalties

59'
Ladislav KrejcíGoal - Header
Header from very close range to the bottom right corner
Assist Vladimír Coufal ·
67'
Hwang In-BeomGoal
Right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner
Assist Lee Kang-In ·
80'
Oh Hyeon-GyuGoal
Left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner
Assist Hwang In-Beom ·
90'+6'
Lee Gi-HyukYellow Card
Is shown the yellow card for a bad foul

Lineup & influence

South Korea

3-4-2-1Hong Myung-bo

Confirmed XI

LowerHigher↑ Attacking

Kim Seung-Gyu

KOR · #1 · Goalkeeper

Starter

Involvement88%

3Saves

1Conceded

0Shots faced

0Fouls

0Yellow

Influence model uses assigned role plus real ESPN involvement, not fabricated tracking coordinates.

Impact changes

5 used

Tournament path

How both teams reached this match

Korea

1W · 0D · 0L · 2–1

M2 · GroupCZEW 2–1

Czechia

0W · 0D · 1L · 1–2

M2 · GroupKORL 1–2

Group A impact

Table immediately after this result

2 of 6 group matches included.

PosTeamPGDPts

Mexico11+23

Korea31+13

Czechia21-10

S. Africa41-20

Snapshot ordering uses points, goal difference and goals scored. It is contextual, not a replacement for FIFA's complete tie-break procedure.

All-time World Cup meetings

Korea vs Czechia, across editions

1KOR wins

0Draws

0CZE wins

1meetings

2–1goal balance

0knockout meetings

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Source: ESPN completed match report, retrieved Aug 18, 2026. Derived percentages are calculated from the displayed source values; missing fields are omitted rather than estimated.

Adjacent archive results

Nearby matches

Match 1 · Group StageMexico 2–0 S. Africa Match 3 · Group StageCanada 1–1 Bosnia

Archived match data: ESPN completed match report. Tournament context cross-checked against FIFA sources listed in the dataset.