Mexico beat South Korea 1-0 in the group stage (Group A) match of the 2026 World Cup played on JUN 18 at Estadio Akron (Zapopan, Mexico), with a capacity of 45 664. Goals from L. Romo (50′). Raúl Rangel was named player of the match (rating 8.0).
🇲🇽 Zapopan · Mexico · 45 664
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- 50'L. Romo
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- 4'Kang-in Lee
- 58'Seung Ho Paik
Line-ups
Mexico4-3-3
Coach: Javier Aguirre
- 1R. RangelG
- 2J. SanchezD
- 4E. AlvarezD
- 5J. VasquezD
- 23J. GallardoD
- 26B. GutierrezM
- 6E. LiraM
- 7L. RomoM
- 25R. AlvaradoF
- 9R. JimenezF
- 16J. QuinonesF
Substitutes
13 G. Ochoa · 12 C. Acevedo · 22 G. Martinez · 24 L. Chavez · 15 I. Reyes · 18 O. Vargas · 20 M. Chavez Garcia · 17 O. Pineda · 8 A. Fidalgo · 10 A. Vega · 11 S. Gimenez · 21 C. S. Huerta Valera · 14 A. Gonzalez · 19 G. Mora
South Korea3-4-2-1
Coach: Myung-Bo Hong
- 1Kim Seung-GyuG
- 2Lee Han-BeomD
- 4Kim Min-JaeD
- 3Lee Gi-HyukD
- 15Kim Moon-HwanM
- 6Hwang In-BeomM
- 8Paik Seung-HoM
- 22Seol Young-WooM
- 19Lee Kang-InF
- 10Lee Jae-SungF
- 7Son Heung-MinF
Substitutes
21 Jo Hyeon-Woo · 12 Song Bum-Keun · 11 Hwang Hee-Chan · 24 Kim Jin-Gyu · 16 Park Jin-Seob · 26 Lee Dong-Gyeong · 9 Cho Gue-Sung · 18 Oh Hyeon-Gyu · 25 Eom Ji-Sung · 23 J. Castrop · 5 Kim Tae-Hyeon · 13 Lee Tae-Seok · 20 Yang Hyun-Jun · 17 Bae Jun-Ho · 14 Cho Wi-Je
Match stats
MexicoSouth Korea
- 42%Possession58%
- 8Total shots9
- 4Shots on target2
- 0Corners2
- 9Fouls7
- 3Offsides6
- 2Saves3
- 82%Pass accuracy84%
- 0.53Expected goals (xG)0.91