Preview

• In the 3rd Round of the 2026 WC Qualification Asia, Iran and Korea DPR lock horns on 2025-06-10 at 17:00 GMT.
• In their most recent matchup, A. Ghalenoei has 1 victory, while Sin Yong-Nam has no victories, and no draws.
• Iran currently rank 1st (with 20 pts), versus Korea DPR at 6th on 3 pts.
• No absentees for either Iran or Korea DPR.
• Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Iran should be met by Korea DPR's expected 4-4-2.
• Mixed emotions: Iran lost 0-1 against Qatar, but Korea DPR salvaged a 2-2 draw against Kyrgyz Republic.
• Iran look strong (3-1-1) over the last 5 matches, whereas Korea DPR have 1-2-2 in the same span.
• Dominance for Iran: across 2 clashes, they've won 2 games and only lost 0 games to Korea DPR, with 0 stalemates.
• We predict Iran to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (5-2-0) and 2.57 goals/game.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

10/06/2025 16:00

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WC Qualification Asia

Team Kits

Events

32'			Kye Tam
34'	S. Hardani A. Yousefi
34'	S. Moghanlou A. Razzaghinia
HT 0 - 0
46'			Kim Kuk-Jin Pak Kwang-Hun
56'	A. Hosseinzadeh M. Hashemnejad
56'	A. Aghasi
66'			Kye Tam
72'			K. N. Sin Paek Chung-Song
72'			Choe Ryong II Kim Jin-Hyuk
74'	M. Mohebi	1 - 0
77'	M. Mohebi M. Taremi	2 - 0
81'	VAR - Mehdi Taremi	Goal confirmed
84'			Choe Kuk Ri Il-song
87'	M. Hazbavi A. Aghasi
87'	M. Hosseinnejad M. Mohebi
90+2'			Ri Kwang-Myong Ri Jo-Guk
90+3'	M. Taremi A. Hosseinzadeh	3 - 0

Stats

Lineups

IranNorth Korea

Iran 4-2-3-1 R. De Sá

6.9

Seyed Hosseini

7.3

Saleh Hardani

6.3

Mohammad Amin Hazbavi

6.9

Ali Nemati

7.7

Omid Noorafkan

7.2

Saeid Ezatolahi

7.2

Saman Ghoddos

6.9

Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad

7.5

Shahriar Moghanlou

7.7

Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh

8.7

Mehdi Taremi

Substitute Players

23

Aria Yousefi

19

Aref Aghasi

20

Mohammad Mohebi

13

Amirmohammad Razzaghinia

17

Mehdi Hashemnejad

15

Roozbeh Cheshmi

16

Ali Alipour

3

Mohammad Ghorbani

2

Sadegh Moharrami

8

Morteza Pouraliganji

12

Payam Niazmand

1

Alireza Beiranvand

20

Mohammadmehdi Mohebi

North Korea 4-2-3-1 Sin Yong-Nam

7.3

Kang Ju Hyok

6.7

Kwang-hun Pak

6.7

Jo-guk Ri

7.2

Jin Hyok Kim

6.7

Kuk Chol Jang

6.2

Kim Yu Song

6.3

Kim Sung-Hye

6

Kye Tam

6.2

Myong Song Ro

6.7

Chung-song Paek

6.2

Il-song Ri

Substitute Players

21

Kwang-jun Yu

23

Kum-song Jong

12

Choe Ryong Il

17

Kuk-chol Kang

4

Ri Kum Chol

5

Jong Hwi-Nam

13

Kuk Choe

8

Sin Kwang-Nam

7

Kuk-jin Kim

22

Han Chung Guk

14

Ryang Kwang Myong

18

Kil-ryong Hong

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