North Korea vs United Arab Emirates

Summary

North Korea chose Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as their home site for their matches against the United Arab Emirates and Kyrgyzstan due to "security concerns".

Teams

Home team

North Korea

Away team

United Arab Emirates

Score details

Final score

1-2

Match information

Competition

World Cup Qualifying AFC

Season

2026

Matchday

Matchday 8

Date

Wed, 26 Mar 2025

Kick-off

2:15 AM

Venue

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

Status

Full-time

Head-to-head

Team Sheets

Timeline

1. 5' Goal / United Arab Emirates / Fábio Lima

   Normal Goal

2. 35' Card / United Arab Emirates / Abdalla Ramadan

   Yellow Card

3. 43' Goal / North Korea / Yu-song Kim

   Normal Goal

4. 46' subst / North Korea / Chung-song Paek

   Choe Kuk

5. 46' subst / United Arab Emirates / Jonatas Santos

   Assist: Sultan Adil

   Sultan Adil

6. 63' Card / United Arab Emirates / Yahia Nader

   Yellow Card

7. 65' subst / United Arab Emirates / Luan Pereira

   Assist: Yahya Al-Ghassani

   Yahya Al Ghassani

8. 72'

Highlights