International · World Cup - Qualification Asia · 2nd Round - Group B - 3

Japan

Days Since Last Match: 46d 22h

1 – 0

HT 1–0

Finished

North Korea

Days Since Last Match: 121d 0h

Japan and North Korea meet in the World Cup - Qualification Asia 2026 season, in a match played on 21 March 2024. Japan have recorded 19 wins from 26 matches this season (73% win rate), averaging 2.65 goals scored and 0.42 conceded per game. BTTS has occurred in 31% of their fixtures; Over 2.5 goals in 58%; and clean sheets in 65% of games. North Korea have won 20% of their 15 matches, with 1.33 goals scored and 1.67 conceded per game. Their BTTS rate stands at 53%, Over 2.5 at 53%, and clean sheets at 7%.

The final score was Japan 1–0 North Korea. All statistics on this page cover the full season and are updated after each match round.

Goals Scored

	Japan	Home	Away	North Korea	Home	Away
Over 0.5 Scored	88%	86%	92%	60%	86%	38%
Over 1.5 Scored	62%	57%	67%	33%	57%	13%
Over 2.5 Scored	42%	36%	50%	13%	14%	13%
Failed To Score	12%	14%	8%	40%	14%	63%

Goals Conceded

	Japan	Home	Away	North Korea	Home	Away
Over 0.5 Conceded	35%	36%	33%	93%	86%	100%
Over 1.5 Conceded	8%	0%	17%	40%	57%	25%
Over 2.5 Conceded	0%	0%	0%	20%	14%	25%
Clean Sheets	65%	64%	67%	7%	14%	0%

Over 2.5 & BTTS Predictions

	Japan	North Korea
Over 0.5	92%	100%
Over 1.5	73%	60%
Over 2.5	58%	53%
Over 3.5	46%	40%
Over 4.5	27%	27%
BTTS	31%	53%
BTTS & Win	15%	13%
BTTS & Draw	12%	20%
BTTS & Over 2.5	23%	47%
BTTS No & Over 2.5	35%	7%

1st Half / 2nd Half

	Japan	North Korea
Win 1st Half	54%	20%
Draw 1st Half	46%	27%
Loss 1st Half	0%	53%
Scored 1st Half	62%	33%
Conceded 1st Half	8%	60%
Win 2nd Half	62%	27%
Draw 2nd Half	31%	47%
Loss 2nd Half	8%	27%
Scored 2nd Half	77%	53%
Conceded 2nd Half	27%	47%
Over 0.5 HT	62%	80%
Over 1.5 HT	42%	40%

Recent Venue Form

Japan (H)

New Zealand2–1

Ecuador0–0

Venezuela2–1

Uruguay3–1

Sweden1–1

Iceland1–0

North Korea (A)

Iran0–3

Qatar1–5

Jordan1–1

Kazakhstan2–0

Kyrgyzstan0–1

United Arab Emirates1–1

Number of Corners

8.4

Corners / Match

26 games

League Avg

8.8

156 games

8.7

Corners / Match

10 games

Match Corners	Japan	North Korea	League Avg
Over 6	77%	80%	74%
Over 7	73%	70%	60%
Over 8	50%	50%	51%
Over 9	31%	50%	40%
Over 10	15%	30%	29%
Over 11	12%	0%	19%
Over 12	4%	0%	14%
Over 13	4%	0%	10%

Team Corners

Team Corners	Japan	North Korea
Corners Earned / Match	5.5	4.5
Corners Against / Match	2.9	4.2
Over 2.5 Corners For	77%	90%
Over 3.5 Corners For	73%	60%
Over 4.5 Corners For	65%	50%
Over 2.5 Corners Against	42%	80%
Over 3.5 Corners Against	31%	60%
Over 4.5 Corners Against	23%	40%

Head to Head · 3 matches

Japan

67%

Draws

North Korea

33%

Over 1.5

1/3

33%

Over 2.5

1/3

Over 3.5

0/3

33%

BTTS

1/3

21/03/24

Japan

1–0

North Korea

09/12/17

Japan

1–0

North Korea

02/08/15

North Korea

2–1

Japan

Events

2'⚽A. Tanaka(R. Doan)

20'🟨Kuk Chol Jang

46'🔄Choe Ju-Song(Ri Il-song)

46'🔄Ri Un-Chol(Kang Kuk-Chol)

52'🔄Kim Kyong-Sok(Choe Ok-Chol)

58'🔄H. Morita(W. Endo)

60'🟨Hiroki Ito

68'🔄Jong Il-Gwan(Kim Kuk-Jin)

73'🟨Il-song Ri

74'🔄R. Doan(S. Taniguchi)

74'🔄Y. Sugawara(D. Hashioka)

74'🔄T. Minamino(T. Asano)

75'🟨Kuk Chol Kang

81'🔄A. Ueda(K. Ogawa)

83'🔄P. Kim(Mun In-Ju)

Match Statistics

JapanNorth Korea

3Shots on target3

12Total shots6

61Possession %39

7Corners3

5Fouls8

1Yellow cards3

0Red cards0

World Cup - Qualification Asia

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	0	+1	4
1	Qatar	2	1	1	0	+1	4
2	Iraq	2	1	1	0	+1	4
2	United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	0	3
3	Oman	2	0	1	1	-1	1
3	Indonesia	2	0	0	2	-2	0

Team Insights

Japan

●Japan have been undefeated in their last 8 home matches.
●Japan have kept a clean sheet in their last 3 home matches.
●Japan have kept a clean sheet in 7 of their 8 home matches.
●Japan have scored in 7 of their 8 home matches.
●Japan have kept a clean sheet in 5 of their 7 away matches.
●Japan have won 6 of their 7 away matches.
●Japan have scored in 6 of their 7 away matches.

North Korea

●North Korea have failed to win in their last 10 matches.
●North Korea failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 11 matches.
●North Korea have conceded a minimum of 2 goals in each of their last 4 matches.
●North Korea have failed to win in their last 5 home matches.
●North Korea failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 6 home matches.
●North Korea have lost their last 3 away matches.
●North Korea failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 8 away matches.
●North Korea failed to keep a clean sheet in 6 of their 7 home matches.
●North Korea have scored in 6 of their 7 home matches.
●North Korea failed to keep a clean sheet in 8 of their 8 away matches.
●North Korea have lost 6 of their 8 away matches.
●North Korea have conceded 56% of their goals in the first half.