South Korea vs Japan: result 1-0 and analysis
EAFF E-1 Football ChampionshipFinal Round - 2Kick-off on December 18, 2019 at 10:30 AM (UTC)Yongin Mireu Stadium, Yongin
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What was the result of South Korea vs Japan?
South Korea won 1-0 on December 18, 2019.
Goalscorers
- 28′Hwang In-BeomSouth Korea
Official lineup for South Korea vs Japan
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
South Korea
- 7Kim In-Sung
- 17Na Sang-Ho
- 18Lee Jeong-Hyeop
- 5Son Jun-Ho
- 8Ju Se-Jong
- 16Hwang In-Beom
- 2Kim Tae-Hwan
- 3Kim Jin-Su
- 4Kim Min-Jae
- 19Kim Young-Gwon
- 1Kim Seung-Gyu
Japan
- 9M. Suzuki
- 13A. Ueda
- 7K. Endo
- 8Y. Ideguchi
- 14T. Morishima
- 17A. Tanaka
- 4S. Hatanaka
- 5G. Miura
- 19S. Sasaki
- 22D. Hashioka
- 1Kosuke Nakamura
What is the recent form of both teams?
Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, South Korea have 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats; Japan have 9, 3 and 3.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2019 | China(home) | 1-0 | EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| Dec 11, 2019 | Hong Kong(home) | 2-0 | EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| Nov 19, 2019 | Brazil(away) | 0-3 | Friendlies |
| Nov 14, 2019 | Lebanon(away) | 0-0 | World Cup - Qualification Asia |
| Oct 15, 2019 | North Korea(away) | 0-0 | World Cup - Qualification Asia |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2019 | Hong Kong(home) | 5-0 | EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| Dec 10, 2019 | China(away) | 2-1 | EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| Nov 19, 2019 | Venezuela(home) | 1-4 | Friendlies |
| Nov 14, 2019 | Kyrgyzstan(away) | 2-0 | World Cup - Qualification Asia |
| Oct 15, 2019 | Tajikistan(away) | 3-0 | World Cup - Qualification Asia |
What does the head-to-head say?
Across the last 3 meetings: 1 South Korea win, 2 draws, 0 Japan wins.
| Date | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2017 | Japan 1-4 South Korea | EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| Aug 5, 2015 | Japan 1-1 South Korea | EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| Jan 25, 2011 | Japan 3-3 South Korea | Asian Cup |
How many goals should we expect?
South Korea score 1.6 and concede 0.6 goals per match over their last 15; Japan score 1.9 and concede 0.9.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 1.6 | 0.6 | 9 | 4/15 | 5/15 |
| Japan | 1.9 | 0.9 | 9 | 4/15 | 7/15 |
Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.
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The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy