🇿🇦 South Africa 1–0 South Korea 🇰🇷 2026 · live
2026 World Cup · Group. tournament · tables
🇿🇦 South Africa value €49M · value #40 · Elo #45
Lyle Foster €8M Mbekezeli Mbokazi €4M Relebohile Mofokeng €3M 1–0 South Africa win
🇰🇷 South Korea value €139M · value #33 · Elo #28
Lee Kang-in €28M Kim Min-jae €20M Son Heung-min €15M Goals
South Africa ▲ South Korea ▼ 0' 15' 30' 45' 60' 75' 90' Thapelo Maseko 63' 63 Maseko
Starting line-ups
List Pitch
🇿🇦 South Africa
Ronwen Williams · GK 1 Williams Mbekezeli Mbokazi · CB 14 Mbokazi Khuliso Mudau · RB 20 Mudau Ime Okon · CB 21 Okon Aubrey Modiba · LB 6 Modiba Relebohile Mofokeng · AM 10 Mofokeng Sphephelo Sithole · CM 13 Sithole Thalente Mbatha · CM 5 Mbatha Thapelo Maseko · RW 12 Maseko Evidence Makgopa · CF 17 Makgopa Oswin Appollis · LW 7 Appollis 🇰🇷 South Korea
Kim Seung-gyu · GK 1 Seung-gyu Lee Han-beom · CB 2 Han-beom Lee Gi-hyuk · CB 3 Gi-hyuk Kim Min-jae · CB 4 Min-jae Hwang Hee-chan · LF 11 Hee-chan Lee Tae-seok · LM 13 Tae-seok Lee Kang-in · RF 19 Kang-in Seol Young-woo · RM 22 Young-woo Hwang In-beom · CM 6 In-beom Paik Seung-ho · CM 8 Seung-ho Oh Hyeon-gyu · CF 18 Hyeon-gyu 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)
🇿🇦 South Africa 9.8% draw 19.9% 70.3% South Korea 🇰🇷
Model P(result)
9.8%
P of the observed 90-min outcome
Upset rank
#12
of 487 · −log₂ P
Upset index
3.35
−log₂ P(observed)
South Africa's run L 🇲🇽 0–2 Mexico, Group D 🇨🇿 1–1 Czech Republic, Group W 🇰🇷 1–0 South Korea, Group L 🇨🇦 0–1 Canada, Round of 32 South Korea's run W 🇨🇿 2–1 Czech Republic, Group L 🇲🇽 0–1 Mexico, Group L 🇿🇦 0–1 South Africa, Group
Head-to-head at the World Cup No prior World Cup meetings.