South Korea are averaging 12.4 fouls per game in 2027, with matches involving them seeing 24 total fouls on average. Below you'll find player foul-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Yemen, and a full match-by-match log.
Han-beom Lee leads with 14 fouls across 8 qualifying appearances (1.75/g, 88% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every South Korea player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
South Korea are averaging 12.4 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 11.6 for a match-total of 24. On average South Korea pick up one yellow card every 0.113 fouls.
Foul matchup blends the defender's fouls per game (40%), the opposition attacker's fouls drawn per game (40%), and the team's underlying foul propensity (20%). For the upcoming fixture against Yemen the page weights each South Korea defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 South Korea fixtures in the active window for 2027. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their foul rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.
Yes — the referee profile module shows the assigned official's average fouls and yellows per match this season. Some referees blow for materially more fouls than others.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jin-gyu Kim | midfielder | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| Tae-seok Lee | defender | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 100% |
| Jens Castrop | midfielder | 4 | 8 | 2 | 100% |
| Wi-je Cho | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Han-beom Lee | defender | 8 | 14 | 1.75 | 88% |
| Jae-sung Lee | midfielder | 7 | 7 | 1 | 86% |
| Gi-hyuk Lee | defender | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 80% |
| Ji-sung Eom | attacker | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Kim Tae-Hyeon | defender | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Hyun-jun Yang | attacker | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Min-jae Kim | defender | 10 | 10 | 1 | 60% |
| Young-woo Seol | defender | 8 | 6 | 0.75 | 50% |
| In-beom Hwang | midfielder | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Gue-sung Cho | attacker | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Hyeon-gyu Oh | attacker | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 43% |
| Seung-ho Paik | midfielder | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 43% |
| Kang-in Lee | midfielder | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 33% |
| Hee-chan Hwang | attacker | 9 | 3 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Jin-seob Park | midfielder | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 33% |
| Dong-gyeong Lee | midfielder | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Jun-ho Bae | midfielder | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Moon-hwan Kim | defender | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Heung-min Son | attacker | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 10% |
| Seung-gyu Kim | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Bum-keun Song | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2026 | South Africa | Away | 1-0 | 9 | 7 | 16 | Jens Castrop (3) |
| 19 Jun 2026 | Mexico | Away | 1-0 | 7 | 9 | 16 | Han-beom Lee (3) |
| 12 Jun 2026 | Czech Republic | Home | 2-1 | 9 | 16 | 25 | Han-beom Lee (3) |
| 4 Jun 2026 | El Salvador | Home | 1-0 | 18 | 21 | 39 | Hyeon-gyu Oh (2) |
| 31 May 2026 | Trinidad and Tobago | Home | 5-0 | 13 | 8 | 21 | Gi-hyuk Lee (3) |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Austria | Away | 1-0 | 9 | 11 | 20 | Tae-seok Lee (2) |
| 28 Mar 2026 | Côte d'Ivoire | Home | 0-4 | 9 | 7 | 16 | Han-beom Lee (2) |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Ghana | Home | 1-0 | 12 | 12 | 24 | Tae-seok Lee (3) |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Bolivia | Home | 2-0 | 18 | 17 | 35 | Won Du-Jae (3) |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Paraguay | Home | 2-0 | 20 | 8 | 28 | Han-beom Lee (3) |