🇳🇬 Nigeria 2–2 South Korea 🇰🇷
2010 World Cup · Group. tournament · tables
🇳🇬 Nigeria value €98M · value #15 · Elo #23
Yakubu €16M Obafemi Martins €10M Taye Taiwo €10M 2–2 draw
🇰🇷 South Korea value €33M · value #29 · Elo #17
Park Chu-young €5M Ki Sung-yueng €3M Lee Chung-yong €3M Goals
Nigeria ▲ South Korea ▼ 0' 15' 30' 45' 60' 75' 90' Kalu Uche 12' 12 Uche Yakubu 69' (pen) 69 Yakubu Lee Jung-soo 38' 38 Jung-soo Park Chu-young 49' 49 Chu-young
Starting line-ups
List Pitch
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Vincent Enyeama · GK 1 Enyeama Chidi Odiah · RB 17 Odiah Joseph Yobo · CB 2 Yobo Rabiu Afolabi · LB 5 Afolabi Danny Shittu · CB 6 Shittu Ayila Yussuf · CM 13 Yussuf Dickson Etuhu · CM 20 Etuhu Nwankwo Kanu · AM 4 Kanu Kalu Uche · LW 12 Uche Chinedu Obasi · RW 19 Obasi Yakubu · CF 8 Yakubu 🇰🇷 South Korea
Jung Sung-ryong · GK 18 Sung-ryong Lee Young-pyo · LB 12 Young-pyo Lee Jung-soo · CB 14 Jung-soo Cha Du-ri · RB 22 Du-ri Cho Yong-hyung · CB 4 Yong-hyung Ki Sung-yong · CM 16 Sung-yong Lee Chung-yong · RM 17 Chung-yong Park Ji-sung · LM 7 Ji-sung Kim Jung-woo · CM 8 Jung-woo Park Chu-young · CF 10 Chu-young Yeom Ki-hun · SS 19 Ki-hun Players sit in vertical bands (GK · defence · midfield · attack) by their listed position — no
left/right placement is inferred. Order within a band is squad-sheet order, not a formation.
Pre-match model (Elo→Poisson, 90-min W/D/L)
🇳🇬 Nigeria 22.9% draw 25.5% 51.6% South Korea 🇰🇷
Model P(result)
25.5%
P of the observed 90-min outcome
Upset rank
#119
of 487 · −log₂ P
Upset index
1.97
−log₂ P(observed)
Nigeria's run L 🇦🇷 0–1 Argentina, Group L 🇬🇷 1–2 Greece, Group D 🇰🇷 2–2 South Korea, Group South Korea's run W 🇬🇷 2–0 Greece, Group L 🇦🇷 1–4 Argentina, Group D 🇳🇬 2–2 Nigeria, Group L 🇺🇾 1–2 Uruguay, Round of 16
Head-to-head at the World Cup No prior World Cup meetings.