Korea DPR

Match report

Korean DPR saw off Chinese Taipei 5-1 in the Asian Games quarter-finals on Thursday, moving clear at the top of their group. The hosts had already taken first place with seven points from three games, but this result pulled them further ahead of second-placed Chinese Taipei on six points. By then the standings told a simple story rather than a close contest.

Goals came at regular intervals. Song Chun-sim opened the scoring in the twenty-first minute, and Myong Yu-Jong doubled their lead six minutes later. Kim Kyong-Yong added a third before the break in the thirty-fourth minute. The hosts changed shape at the break, bringing on three players including Chae Un-yong and Lin Hsin-Hui.

We had called for a home win before kickoff, putting confidence at 64 per cent. And here's the thing — it wasn't a guess, just a reading of the form. Korean DPR had eight goals against Myanmar and ten against Bangladesh in their last two group games. Chinese Taipei had lost 4-0 to Japan the day before. The prediction came true, and it's worth saying why without drama.

Choe Kum-Ok made it four in the sixty-third minute after substitutions had reshuffled both sides. Kim Song-Gyong sealed the fifth in the eighty-sixth minute, while Chen Yu-chin pulled one back for Chinese Taipei in stoppage time. Maho Tanaka and An Pok-Yong came on in the sixty-seventh and fifty-eighth minutes respectively, and the game had already been decided by that point.

The hosts finish on seven points, two ahead of Chinese Taipei. They have played three games, won two and drawn one, with no defeats so far. The quarter-final berth is secured, and the goal difference now sits at plus seventeen for Korean DPR against Chinese Taipei's negative tally. That is what matters going forward.

Prepared from match data

⚽ 21' Song Chun-sim — Goal ⚽ 29' Myong Yu-Jong — Goal ⇄ 29' Chang Chi-lan — Substitution ⚽ 34' Kim Kyong-Yong — Goal ⇄ 45' Chae Un-yong — Substitution ⇄ 45' Myong Yu-Jong — Substitution ⇄ 45' Lin Hsin-Hui — Substitution ⇄ 58' Kim Kyong-Yong — Substitution ⇄ 58' An Pok-Yong — Substitution ⚽ 63' Choe Kum-Ok — Goal ⇄ 67' Maho Tanaka — Substitution ⇄ 67' Jong Kum — Substitution ⇄ 67' Hsu Yi-Yun — Substitution ⇄ 70' Chen Jin-wen — Substitution ⚽ 86' Kim Song-Gyong — Goal ⚽ 90+2' Chen Yu-chin — Goal

Match events

21' 1:0 Korea DPR Goal Song Chun-sim
29' 2:0 Korea DPR Goal Myong Yu-Jong assist: Chae Un-yong
29' 2:0 Chinese Taipei Women Substitution Chang Chi-lan off: Pan Yen-Hsin
34' 3:0 Korea DPR Goal Kim Kyong-Yong assist: Chae Un-yong
45' 3:0 Korea DPR Substitution Chae Un-yong off: Han Jin-hong
45' 3:0 Korea DPR Substitution Myong Yu-Jong off: Choe Kum-Ok
45' 3:0 Chinese Taipei Women Substitution Lin Hsin-Hui off: Chen Yu-chin
58' 3:0 Korea DPR Substitution Kim Kyong-Yong off: Choe Il-Son
58' 3:0 Korea DPR Substitution An Pok-Yong off: Kim Song-Gyong
63' 4:0 Korea DPR Goal Choe Kum-Ok assist: Oh Sol-song
67' 4:0 Chinese Taipei Women Substitution Maho Tanaka off: Wu Kai-Ching
67' 4:0 Korea DPR Substitution Jong Kum off: Hong Song-Ok
67' 4:0 Chinese Taipei Women Substitution Hsu Yi-Yun off: Matsunaga Saki
70' 4:0 Chinese Taipei Women Substitution Chen Jin-wen off: Liu Yu-chiao
86' 5:0 Korea DPR Goal Kim Song-Gyong assist: Choe Il-Son
90+2' 5:1 Chinese Taipei Women Goal Chen Yu-chin assist: Liu Yu-chiao

Match prediction: Korea DPR — Chinese Taipei Women

Win: Korea DPR

Confidence 64%

Reasoning

КНДР — 1. place, 7 points after 3 games (2 wins, 1 draws, 0 losses)
Китайский Тайбэй (жен.) — 2. place, 6 points after 3 games (2 wins, 1 losses)
КНДР, last 5 games: 3 wins, 1 draws, 1 losses
Китайский Тайбэй (жен.), last 5 games: 2 wins, 3 losses
Head-to-head: 1 games, КНДР — 1, Китайский Тайбэй (жен.) — 0

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