Hong Kong U23 1:5 Thailand U23: Asian Games Match Result

Match report

Thailand U23 secured a comfortable 5-1 victory over Hong Kong U23 in the second round of Group Stage action at the Asian Games on Saturday. The visitors took control early and never looked back, moving to the top of the table with six points from two matches.

Hong Kong struck first through C. R. Wu in the fourteenth minute, a surprise that briefly shifted the mood. But to be fair, the hosts had no real answer when Thailand responded. T. Chotmuangpak equalised in the thirty-ninth before W. Noisri put the visitors ahead in the fifty-second. By then the game was slipping away.

Y. E. Tsang made it worse for Hong Kong with an own goal in the fifty-sixth. The hosts sat deep and soaked it up, but the quality gap showed. J. Mamah added a fourth in the seventy-sixth, and Noisri completed his brace eight minutes later to seal a result that felt inevitable.

Thailand created more chances and converted them better. They registered seven shots on target compared to Hong Kong's two, with a fifty-four percent accuracy rate versus thirty-three. Both sides claimed fifty percent possession, but the statistics tell the story: many shots with one goal means chances went begging.

Hong Kong remain bottom of the group with zero points from two defeats, having also lost 2-0 to Japan U23 on Wednesday. Thailand sit second with two wins from two, though they have yet to play the third group side. The table goes out of the window in these games, but momentum matters.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 50 – 50

Shots on target 2 – 7

Shots off target 4 – 4

Attacks 95 – 104

⚽ 14' C. R. Wu — Goal ⇄ 35' O. Thiangkham — Substitution ⇄ 35' S. Chawanwit — Substitution ⚽ 39' T. Chotmuangpak — Goal ⚽ 52' W. Noisri — Goal ⚽ 56' Y. E. Tsang — Own goal ⇄ 58' K. Sung — Substitution 🟨 62' Helio — Yellow card ⇄ 70' M. Udebuluzor — Substitution ⇄ 71' P. Maneekorn — Substitution ⚽ 76' J. Mamah — Goal 🟨 78' C. Buaphan — Yellow card ⇄ 79' J. Mamah — Substitution ⇄ 82' Ng Yu-Hei — Substitution ⇄ 82' S. Ichikawa — Substitution ⚽ 84' W. Noisri — Goal 🟨 85' C. R. Wu — Yellow card 🟨 88' S. Boonlha — Yellow card 🟨 89' T. Chotmuangpak — Yellow card

Match events

14' Hong Kong U23 Goal C. R. Wu
35' Thailand U23 Substitution O. Thiangkham off: K. Seangsawat
35' Thailand U23 Substitution S. Chawanwit off: P. Wongsa
39' Thailand U23 Goal T. Chotmuangpak
52' Thailand U23 Goal W. Noisri
56' Thailand U23 Own goal Y. E. Tsang
58' Hong Kong U23 Substitution K. Sung off: Yim Kai-Cheuk
62' Hong Kong U23 Yellow card Helio
70' Hong Kong U23 Substitution M. Udebuluzor off: Lee Lok-Him
71' Thailand U23 Substitution P. Maneekorn off: N. James
76' Thailand U23 Goal J. Mamah
78' Thailand U23 Yellow card C. Buaphan
79' Thailand U23 Substitution J. Mamah off: S. Wandee
82' Hong Kong U23 Substitution Ng Yu-Hei off: M. Slattery
82' Hong Kong U23 Substitution S. Ichikawa off: T. Loong
84' Thailand U23 Goal W. Noisri assist: P. Wongsa
85' Hong Kong U23 Yellow card C. R. Wu
88' Thailand U23 Yellow card S. Boonlha
89' Thailand U23 Yellow card T. Chotmuangpak

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50

2 Shots on target 7

4 Shots off target 4

95 Attacks 104

8 Corners 3

12 Free kicks 6

3 Offsides 3

2 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

12 Goal kicks 12

35 Throw-ins 24

All statistics

0 Blocked shots 2

0.33 Shot accuracy 0.54

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