Japan U23 vs Korea Republic U23

AFC U23 Asian Cup World Semi-finals Jan 20 2026 11:30 Venue pending
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Japan U23 Team Japan U23 Home team
finished 1-0 Match Finished Kickoff · January 20 2026 at 11:30
Korea Republic U23 Team Korea Republic U23 Away team
Fixture events

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12
36'
G
Goal · Normal Goal Japan U23 · K. Koizumi
58'
SUB
subst · Substitution 1 Korea Republic U23 · Kim Yong-Hak · Assists: Jung Seung-Bae
58'
SUB
subst · Substitution 2 Korea Republic U23 · Baek Ga-On · Assists: T. Kim
65'
SUB
subst · Substitution 1 Japan U23 · S. Ishibashi · Assists: Y. Yokoyama
65'
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subst · Substitution 2 Japan U23 · Y. Michiwaki · Assists: S. Nwadike Uchebrian
65'
SUB
subst · Substitution 3 Japan U23 · H. Kume · Assists: S. Furuya
66'
SUB
subst · Substitution 4 Japan U23 · R. Ichihara · Assists: H. Okabe
70'
YC
Card · Yellow Card Japan U23 · K. Ogura
81'
SUB
subst · Substitution 3 Korea Republic U23 · Bae Hyun-Seo · Assists: Lee Chan-Ouk
84'
SUB
subst · Substitution 5 Japan U23 · Y. Shimamoto · Assists: N. Ishiwatari
88'
SUB
subst · Substitution 4 Korea Republic U23 · Kang Seong-Jin · Assists: Jung Ji-Hun
89'
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subst · Substitution 5 Korea Republic U23 · Kim Dong-Jin · Assists: Jung Jae-Sang
Head to head
1
Japan U23 vs Korea Republic U23
API team snapshot
API comparison
100%
last five form
58%
100%
Attack
50%
92%
Defense
58%
4
Played
4
4/0/0
W/D/L
2/1/1
3.0
Goals for avg
1.5
0.3
Goals against avg
1.3
3
Clean sheets
1
n/a
Common formation
n/a

AI match analysis

This fixture has synced API-Football prediction data; premium AI adds local reasoning, uncertainty review and data-quality checks.

Home 45%
Draw 45%
Away 10%
API adviceWinner : Japan U23
Model edgeJapan U23

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Japan U23 vs Korea Republic U23 in AFC U23 Asian Cup already has enough context for a first read: recent form is 4-2-0 vs 4-1-1, H2H sample contains 1 matches, and 0 fixture-linked injuries are visible. The full AI analysis weighs home/away context, goal trends, squads, transfers, provider signals, API prediction signals and missing-data risk before assigning informational probabilities.

Recent form6/6
Head to head1
Squads0/24
Injuries0
Predictions1
Provider signals0
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Match preview

Japan U23 face Korea Republic U23 in AFC U23 Asian Cup (World) on January 20 2026 at 11:30. The match is part of Semi-finals and is listed at venue pending. Current match status is Match Finished. This page brings together team links, recent form, H2H, squads, injuries, data coverage and AI analysis signals for pre-match research.

Competition AFC U23 Asian Cup · World
Kickoff Jan 20 2026 11:30
Venue Venue pending

Match squads

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Japan U23 · 0 vs Korea Republic U23 · 24
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vs#1 Young-Jun LeeAttacker · #6
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vs#2 Kang Seong-JinAttacker · #7
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vs#3 T. KimAttacker · #9
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vs#4 Kim Do-HyunAttacker · #13
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vs#6 Baek Ga-OnAttacker · #15
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vs#7 Kim Yong-HakAttacker · #17
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vs#8 Jung Jae-SangAttacker · #18
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vs#9 Park Seung-HoAttacker · #18
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vs#10 Kang Min-JunDefender · #2
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vs#11 Bae Hyun-SeoDefender · #3
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vs#12 Jo Hyun-TaeDefender · #4
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vs#13 Lee Chan-OukDefender · #6
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vs#14 Lee Geon-heeDefender · #19
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vs#15 Park Jun-seoDefender · #20
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vs#16 Jang Seok-HwanDefender · #22
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vs#17 Shin Min-HaDefender · #23
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vs#18 Moon Hyeon-HoGoalkeeper · #1
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vs#19 Hwang Ju-HoGoalkeeper · #12
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vs#21 Lee Hyun-YongMidfielder · #5
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vs#22 Kim Dong-JinMidfielder · #8
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vs#24 Jung Ji-HunMidfielder · #11

API comparison

Comparison percentages from API-Football predictions; use them as input signals, not guaranteed outcomes.

Japan U23 vs Korea Republic U23
67%
Attack vs
33%
83%
Defense vs
17%
20%
Head to head vs
80%
63%
Form vs
37%
45%
Goals vs
55%
60.7%
Total vs
39.3%
86%
Poisson vs
14%

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