South Korea are averaging 13.3 tackles per game in 2027, with matches involving them seeing 23.9 total tackles on average. Below you'll find player tackle-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Yemen, and a full match-by-match log.
Tae-seok Lee leads with 11 tackles across 5 qualifying appearances (2.2/g, 100% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every South Korea player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
South Korea are averaging 13.3 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 10.6 for a match-total of 23.9. They average 16.63 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.14 take-ons/g).
Tackle matchup blends the defender's tackles per game (50%), the opposition attacker's take-on rate (30%), and the defender's underlying tackle propensity (20%). For the upcoming fixture against Yemen, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight South Korea's defenders.
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. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their tackle rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted by 5-minute substitutions.
We count attempted tackles per Sportmonks' definition. That matches what Bet365 settles 1+ tackles markets on, so the page's hit-rate and the bookmaker's pricing are aligned.
| Player | Position | Apps | Tackles | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tae-seok Lee | defender | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 100% |
| Jun-ho Bae | midfielder | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 100% |
| Jin-gyu Kim | midfielder | 7 | 7 | 1 | 86% |
| Moon-hwan Kim | defender | 5 | 5 | 1 | 80% |
| Han-beom Lee | defender | 8 | 10 | 1.25 | 75% |
| Kang-in Lee | midfielder | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 67% |
| Ji-sung Eom | attacker | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 67% |
| Dong-gyeong Lee | midfielder | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Kim Tae-Hyeon | defender | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Young-woo Seol | defender | 8 | 8 | 1 | 63% |
| Gi-hyuk Lee | defender | 5 | 5 | 1 | 60% |
| Jae-sung Lee | midfielder | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 57% |
| In-beom Hwang | midfielder | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 50% |
| Jin-seob Park | midfielder | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 50% |
| Jens Castrop | midfielder | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Min-jae Kim | defender | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 40% |
| Hee-chan Hwang | attacker | 9 | 6 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Hyun-jun Yang | attacker | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 33% |
| Seung-ho Paik | midfielder | 7 | 2 | 0.29 | 29% |
| Hyeon-gyu Oh | attacker | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| Heung-min Son | attacker | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 10% |
| Seung-gyu Kim | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Gue-sung Cho | attacker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Bum-keun Song | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Hyeon-woo Jo | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2026 | South Africa | Away | 1-0 | 12 | 11 | 23 | Tae-seok Lee (3) |
| 19 Jun 2026 | Mexico | Away | 1-0 | 17 | 14 | 31 | Jae-sung Lee (4) |
| 12 Jun 2026 | Czech Republic | Home | 2-1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | Ji-sung Eom (2) |
| 4 Jun 2026 | El Salvador | Home | 1-0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | Tae-seok Lee (3) |
| 31 May 2026 | Trinidad and Tobago | Home | 5-0 | 11 | 7 | 18 | Ji-sung Eom (3) |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Austria | Away | 1-0 | 17 | 18 | 35 | Min-jae Kim (5) |
| 28 Mar 2026 | Côte d'Ivoire | Home | 0-4 | 23 | 8 | 31 | Jun-ho Bae (5) |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Ghana | Home | 1-0 | 15 | 9 | 24 | Min-woo Seo (3) |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Bolivia | Home | 2-0 | 19 | 13 | 32 | Min-jae Kim (3) |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Paraguay | Home | 2-0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | Moon-hwan Kim (2) |