Daejeon Citizen are looking to brush off the league table ahead of this fixture versus Daegu. Here's all you need to know before the game!
- Daejeon Citizen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Daegu have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in K-League 1
This looks to be an absorbing fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Daejeon Citizen form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Daejeon Citizen have to build on here at Daejeon World Cup Stadium in the K-League 1. Three draws in a row here at Daejeon World Cup Stadium for Daejeon Citizen, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.
The followers are hoping that Daejeon will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Incheon United (placed 8th). Until that defeat this club had gone six consecutive league games without a defeat.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Jeonbuk Motors that ended 2-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Daejeon Citizen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won 10, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Some stats: A review of the 12 most recent league matches highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Daejeon are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. On the other hand, Daejeon Citizen have conceded 16 goals.
Daegu form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their K-League 1 travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Gwangju (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Gangwon.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Daegu in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Daegu, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
As opposed to that, Daegu have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Daegu have won at least one point in the last 6 games (5-1-0) facing Daejeon Citizen.Here's what happened when the squads faced each other earlier this season; Daejeon - Daegu 0-1. The match official had use for red card when these teams last met, and the sinner was Ju (Daejeon Citizen).
Top Goalscorers
  T. Pereira da Silva 7 goals |  C. Silva dos Santos 6 goals | Kim In-Gyun 5 goals |
Daejeon Citizen missing players
Daegu missing players
| Daejeon Citizen | Daegu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 34 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 37 | 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 27 |
| 87% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 78% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 70% |
| 61% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 39% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 22% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 65% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 52% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 30% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 12.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 34% | 31% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 28% |
| 13.6 | 12.5 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.7 | 12.6 |
| 6.1 | 5 | 6.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
- Daegu have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in K-League 1
- Daejeon Citizen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Daejeon Citizen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ulsan | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 53 |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 41 |
| 3 | Seoul | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 37 |
| 4 | Jeonbuk Motors | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Daegu | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| 6 | Gwangju | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Jeju United | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Incheon United | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | Daejeon Citizen | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Suwon | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -24 | 20 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 23 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 16 |
| 12 | Suwon Bluewings | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 15 |
