South Korea Shots on Target Stats 2026

South Korea Shots on Target Stats 2026 - season overview

South Korea are averaging 4.8 shots on target per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 7.8 total SOT on average. That puts them 3rd of 21 for team SOT per match among AFC Asian Cup teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Uzbekistan, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which South Korea players hit the most shots on target?

Hyeon-gyu Oh leads with 8 shots on target across 8 qualifying appearances (1/g, 63% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every South Korea player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.

How does South Korea's SOT profile look this season?

South Korea are averaging 4.8 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 3 for a match-total of 7.8. That ranks 3rd of 21 for team SOT among AFC Asian Cup teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. They take 12 shots per game and create 7.6 key passes per game.

How is the SOT matchup read calculated?

SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Uzbekistan, the page weights each South Korea attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.

What's the difference between shots and shots on target?

South Korea take 12 shots per game and put 4.8 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.

Where do these SOT stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 South Korea fixtures in the active window for 2026. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.

How is conversion (Goals/SOT) useful?

South Korea are currently converting 27% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.

South Korea player shots on target rates

Player	Position	Apps	Shots on target	Per game	1+ hit rate
Hyeok-kyu Kwon	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Min-su Kim	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Hyeon-gyu Oh	attacker	8	8	1	63%
Heung-min Son	attacker	10	8	0.8	60%
In-beom Hwang	midfielder	5	5	1	60%
Jun-ho Bae	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Dong-gyeong Lee	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Yu-Min Cho	defender	3	1	0.33	33%
Min-jae Kim	defender	10	3	0.3	30%
Seung-ho Paik	midfielder	7	2	0.29	29%
Jae-sung Lee	midfielder	7	2	0.29	29%
Kang-in Lee	midfielder	8	2	0.25	25%
Gue-sung Cho	attacker	4	4	1	25%
Jens Castrop	midfielder	4	1	0.25	25%
Hee-chan Hwang	attacker	10	2	0.2	20%
Gi-hyuk Lee	defender	5	1	0.2	20%
Tae-seok Lee	defender	7	1	0.14	14%
Jin-seob Park	midfielder	7	1	0.14	14%
Han-beom Lee	defender	9	1	0.11	11%
Young-woo Seol	defender	10	0	0	0%
Seung-gyu Kim	goalkeeper	7	0	0	0%
Jin-gyu Kim	midfielder	5	0	0	0%
Kim Tae-Hyeon	defender	4	0	0	0%
Moon-hwan Kim	defender	3	0	0	0%
Hyun-jun Yang	attacker	3	0	0	0%

South Korea shots on target match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team shots on target	Opposition shots on target	Match total	Top player
28 Sep 2026	Friendly International	Uruguay	Home	1-4	7	4	11	Hyeon-gyu Oh (4)
24 Sep 2026	Friendly International	Ecuador	Home	3-0	5	3	8	Min-jae Kim (1)
25 Jun 2026	World Cup	South Africa	Away	1-0	3	4	7	Min-jae Kim (1)
19 Jun 2026	World Cup	Mexico	Away	1-0	2	4	6	Gue-sung Cho (1)
12 Jun 2026	World Cup	Czech Republic	Home	2-1	6	4	10	In-beom Hwang (2)
4 Jun 2026	Friendly International	El Salvador	Home	1-0	6	0	6	In-beom Hwang (2)
31 May 2026	Friendly International	Trinidad and Tobago	Home	5-0	11	1	12	Gue-sung Cho (4)
31 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Austria	Away	1-0	2	1	3	Min-jae Kim (1)
28 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Côte d'Ivoire	Home	0-4	2	8	10	Seung-ho Paik (1)
18 Nov 2025	Friendly International	Ghana	Home	1-0	4	1	5	Hee-chan Hwang (1)

South Korea shots on target 2026: last 10 games

Shots on target for per game: 4.8
Shots on target against per game: 3
Match total shots on target per game: 7.8
Games: 10
League rank for match shots on target: 5 of 16

South Korea Shots on target for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	7	5.86	86%	86%	71%	57%	29%
Away	3	2.33	33%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Overall	10	4.8	70%	60%	50%	40%	20%

South Korea Shots on target against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	7	3	57%	43%	14%	14%	14%
Away	3	3	67%	67%	0%	0%	0%
Overall	10	3	60%	50%	10%	10%	10%

South Korea Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %
Home	7	8.86	71%	71%	57%	57%	29%
Away	3	5.33	33%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Overall	10	7.8	60%	50%	40%	40%	20%

South Korea Team shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target / match	4.8	5.86	2.33
Total shots / match	12	13.14	9.33
Share of shots on target	40%	45%	25%
Goals per shot on target	27%	32%	0%
Shots on target per goal	3.7	3.2	-
Shots on target over 2.5	70%	86%	33%
Shots on target over 3.5	60%	86%	0%
Shots on target over 4.5	50%	71%	0%
Shots on target over 5.5	40%	57%	0%
Shots on target over 6.5	20%	29%	0%

South Korea Shots on target against 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Shots on target against	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target against / match	3	3	3
Shots on target against over 2.5	60%	57%	67%
Shots on target against over 3.5	50%	43%	67%
Shots on target against over 4.5	10%	14%	0%
Shots on target against over 5.5	10%	14%	0%
Shots on target against over 6.5	10%	14%	0%

South Korea Match shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Match shots on target / match	7.8	8.86	5.33
Match shots on target over 6.5	60%	71%	33%
Match shots on target over 7.5	50%	71%	0%
Match shots on target over 8.5	40%	57%	0%
Match shots on target over 9.5	40%	57%	0%
Match shots on target over 10.5	20%	29%	0%

South Korea 1st-half shots on target for 2026 (from 8 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	5	1.8	40%	40%	0%
Away	3	0.67	0%	0%	0%
Overall	8	1.38	25%	25%	0%

South Korea 1st-half shots on target against 2026 (from 8 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	5	1.2	20%	20%	20%
Away	3	1.33	33%	33%	0%
Overall	8	1.25	25%	25%	13%

South Korea 1st-half match total 2026 (from 8 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %
Home	5	3	60%	20%	20%	20%
Away	3	2	33%	33%	0%	0%
Overall	8	2.63	50%	25%	13%	13%

South Korea shots on target match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
28 Sep	Friendly International	Uruguay (H)	1-4	7	4	11	-
24 Sep	Friendly International	Ecuador (H)	3-0	5	3	8	-
25 Jun	World Cup	South Africa (A)	1-0	3	4	7	4
19 Jun	World Cup	Mexico (A)	1-0	2	4	6	1
12 Jun	World Cup	Czech Republic (H)	2-1	6	4	10	1
4 Jun	Friendly International	El Salvador (H)	1-0	6	0	6	3
31 May	Friendly International	Trinidad and Tobago (H)	5-0	11	1	12	3
31 Mar	Friendly International	Austria (A)	1-0	2	1	3	1
28 Mar	Friendly International	Ivory Coast (H)	0-4	2	8	10	6
18 Nov	Friendly International	Ghana (H)	1-0	4	1	5	2

AFC Asian Cup shots on target table 2026: every team's shots on target per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
1	Kyrgyz Republic	3	6.33	3.33	9.67	33%
2	Syria	3	3.67	6	9.67	67%
3	Saudi Arabia	8	2.5	6.13	8.63	38%
4	Jordan	8	3.13	5	8.13	25%
5	Korea Republic	9	4.89	3.22	8.11	44%
6	Japan	9	3.78	4.11	7.89	56%
7	Thailand	3	4	3.67	7.67	33%
8	Iraq	6	1.5	6.17	7.67	33%
9	Iran	6	2.5	5	7.5	33%
10	Qatar	5	1.8	5.6	7.4	40%
11	Uzbekistan	8	3.13	4	7.13	25%
12	China PR	6	4.33	2.67	7	17%
13	Australia	10	2.9	4	6.9	30%
14	Indonesia	4	4.5	2.25	6.75	25%
15	Singapore	3	4.67	1.67	6.33	33%
16	Tajikistan	4	3.25	3	6.25	0%

South Korea shots on target against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Vs top six	3	6.67	3.33	10	67%
Vs top half	3	6.67	3.33	10	67%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

South Korea shots on target per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Friendly International	2025	6	3.33	4	7.33	50%
WC Qualification Asia	2026	14	5.5	1.43	6.93	14%
Friendly International	2026	6	5.5	2.83	8.33	50%
World Cup	2026	3	3.67	4	7.67	33%

South Korea next three opponents: shots on target per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their shots on target for	Their shots on target against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Tue 6 Oct 11:00	Uzbekistan (home)	7	4	3	5.5	1.5	4
Sun 10 Jan 10:00	Yemen (home)	10.2	9.2	1	8	7.5	0.5
Fri 15 Jan 10:00	Vietnam (away)	9.88	7.5	2.38	10.83	8.17	2.67

South Korea players with the most games of 1+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Hyeon-gyu Oh	attacker	6	8	75%
2	Heung-min Son	attacker	6	9	67%
3	In-beom Hwang	midfielder	3	5	60%
4	Min-jae Kim	defender	3	9	33%
5	Dong-gyeong Lee	midfielder	2	3	67%

South Korea players with the most games of 2+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	In-beom Hwang	midfielder	2	5	40%
2	Gue-sung Cho	attacker	1	5	20%
3	Hyeon-gyu Oh	attacker	1	8	13%
4	Heung-min Son	attacker	1	9	11%

South Korea players with the most games of 3+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Gue-sung Cho	attacker	1	5	20%
2	Hyeon-gyu Oh	attacker	1	8	13%
3	Heung-min Son	attacker	1	9	11%

Uzbekistan shots on target match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
24 Sep	Friendly International	Iran (H)	3-1	6	1	7	-
27 Jun	World Cup	DR Congo (A)	3-1	1	4	5	1
23 Jun	World Cup	Portugal (A)	5-0	2	9	11	5
18 Jun	World Cup	Colombia (H)	1-3	2	4	6	2
8 Jun	Friendly International	Netherlands (A)	2-1	1	4	5	1
2 Jun	Friendly International	Canada (A)	2-0	2	4	6	2
30 Mar	Friendly International	Venezuela (H)	0-0	3	1	4	1
27 Mar	Friendly International	Gabon (H)	3-1	8	5	13	5
18 Nov	Friendly International	Iran (H)	0-0	1	1	2	1
14 Nov	Friendly International	Egypt (H)	2-0	7	7	14	10