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South Africa

1 — 0 Jun 25, 2026 · 06:30 AM IST

South Korea

World Cup Grp. A · Round 3

Venue Monterrey Stadium, Guadalupe

Referee Facundo Raúl Tello Figueroa

Attendance 51,243

Player of the Match Ronwen Williams 8.6 90' played

Match Events

HT

46' Away ↔ Heung-Min Son → Hee-Chan Hwang

46' Away ↔ Jin-Gyu Kim → Seung-Ho Paik

46' Away ↔ Jens Castrop → Tae-Seok Lee

62' Home ↔ Tshepang Moremi → Oswin Appollis

63' Home ⚽ Thapelo Maseko — 1-0

65' Away ↔ Jin-Seob Park → Min-Jae Kim

72' Home Aubrey Maphosa Modiba

74' Away ↔ Gue-Sung Cho → Hyeon-Gyu Oh

75' Home ↔ Iqraam Rayners → Thapelo Maseko

78' Away Gue-Sung Cho

80' Home ↔ Jayden Adams → Relebohile Mofokeng

FT

Match Stats

32 68

Ball possession

1.16 0.90

Expected goals (xG)

13 8

Total shots

4 3

Shots on target

13 18

Touches in opposition box

1 1

Big chances

1 1

Big chances missed

277 (81%) 641 (89%)

Accurate passes

1 1

Yellow cards

4 6

Corners

Lineups

South Africa (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Hugo Broos

Starting XI

1 Ronwen Williams 8.6

20 Khuliso Mudau 8.1

21 Ime Okon 7.2

14 Mbekezeli Mbokazi 7.9

6 Aubrey Maphosa Modiba 7.5

5 Thalente Mbatha 7.4

13 Sphephelo Sithole 7.5

12 Thapelo Maseko 7.6

10 Relebohile Mofokeng 6.9

7 Oswin Appollis 6.7

17 Evidence Makgopa 7

Substitutes

8 Tshepang Moremi 7.4

15 Iqraam Rayners 6.5

23 Jayden Adams 6.3

22 Ricardo Goss

16 Sipho Chaine

26 Bradley Cross

25 Kamogelo Sebelebele

3 Khulumani Ndamane

19 Nkosinathi Sibisi

24 Olwethu Makhanya

18 Samukelo Kabini

2 Thabang Matuludi

9 Lyle Foster

South Korea (3-4-2-1)

Coach: Myung-Bo Hong

Starting XI

1 Seung-Gyu Kim 6.2

2 Han-Beom Lee 6.8

4 Min-Jae Kim 6.6

3 Gi-Hyuk Lee 7.5

22 Young-Woo Seol 6.9

8 Seung-Ho Paik 6

6 In-Beom Hwang 6.6

13 Tae-Seok Lee 6.7

19 Kang-In Lee 6.4

11 Hee-Chan Hwang 6.2

18 Hyeon-Gyu Oh 5.8

Substitutes

23 Jens Castrop 6.5

24 Jin-Gyu Kim 6.5

7 Heung-Min Son 6.4

16 Jin-Seob Park 6.8

9 Gue-Sung Cho 5.8

12 Bum-Keun Song

21 Hyeon-Woo Jo

15 Moon-Hwan Kim

5 Tae-Hyeon Kim

14 Wi-Je Cho

26 Dong-Gyeong Lee

10 Jae-Sung Lee

17 Jun-Ho Bae

20 Hyun-Jun Yang

25 Ji-Sung Eom