Soccer betting preview: Incheon United welcomes Gwangju in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Fri 18.Aug
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sungui Arena Park (20891 seats)

K-League 1: The average league table positions illustrates the road Incheon United and Gwangju have taken so far. Both squads are ready for the match; bring it on!

Insights:
  • Incheon United is in the best form (4-1-1) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in K-League 1

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Incheon United form and stats

The overall K-League 1 statistics at home this season for Incheon United are 4-6-3 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Incheon here at Sungui Arena Park, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Incheon United's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Daegu (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Mugoša, an attacker, was the highest rated player for the side in that match, and was presented with a rating of 8.3 (out of 10). Mugoša scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Heartbreak before that as Incheon lost 0-2 at Jeonbuk Motors's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Incheon United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Incheon United as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Incheon United has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hai Phong are coming to town in four days.

Incheon has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Incheon United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sungui Arena Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gwangju form and stats

As the visiting team in K-League 1 matches, Gwangju have produced an overall stat of 4-5-4 so far. Gwangju are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Pohang Steelers (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Letschert, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.43. Letschert scored one goal and won 6 of 11 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Daejeon Citizen.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Gwangju in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Gwangju, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Low on goals? 8 of this club's most recent 10 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.

Gwangju have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Gwangju have conceded 16 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Gwangju have won at least one point in the last 5 games (3-2-0) versus Incheon United.

The most up to date registered scoreline between these teams is the Incheon United - Gwangju 1-1 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

GwangjuJ. Asani
J. Asani
5 goals
IncheonH. Rodrigues da Silva
H. Rodrigues da Silva
4 goals
Incheon UnitedS. Cheon
S. Cheon
4 goals

Incheon United missing players

Gwangju missing players

Incheon United Gwangju
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 2 13 26
9 4 2 Won W 0 4 10
9 6 1 Drew D 2 5 8
8 3 0 Lost L 0 4 8
29 14 6 Scored S 1 14 33
30 11 3 Conceded C 1 16 26
88% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 92% 88%
65% 46% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 73%
35% 23% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 23% 27%
27% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 15%
8% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
38% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 38%
35% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 38%
38% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 23% 35%
 
5.4 5.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.1 4.5
5.1 5.2 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.4 3.7
1.5 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 1.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.9 12.6 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11.2 12.6
4.3 5 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.9
26% 22% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 25% 26%
 
11.5 10 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 12.9 11.5
4.4 3.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.7 4.2
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in K-League 1
  • Incheon United is in the best form (4-1-1) in K-League 1

  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 26 18 3 5 49 29 12 9 2 1 29 15 14 9 1 4 20 14 20 57
2 Pohang Steelers 26 12 10 4 39 30 14 9 3 2 24 15 12 3 7 2 15 15 9 46
3 Jeonbuk Motors 26 12 5 9 33 23 14 9 2 3 21 9 12 3 3 6 12 14 10 41
4 Seoul 26 10 8 8 46 33 13 6 5 2 25 13 13 4 3 6 21 20 13 38
5 Gwangju 26 10 8 8 33 26 13 6 3 4 19 10 13 4 5 4 14 16 7 38
6 Incheon United 26 9 9 8 29 30 13 4 6 3 14 11 13 5 3 5 15 19 -1 36
7 Daejeon Citizen 26 9 9 8 39 43 13 6 4 3 20 19 13 3 5 5 19 24 -4 36
8 Jeju United 26 9 7 10 36 35 13 4 5 4 16 15 13 5 2 6 20 20 1 34
9 Daegu 26 8 10 8 28 31 12 4 6 2 15 13 14 4 4 6 13 18 -3 34
10 Suwon 26 6 5 15 28 54 13 4 3 6 16 24 13 2 2 9 12 30 -26 23
11 Gangwon 26 3 11 12 18 30 13 2 4 7 11 17 13 1 7 5 7 13 -12 20
12 Suwon Bluewings 26 4 7 15 26 40 13 1 3 9 11 22 13 3 4 6 15 18 -14 19

Read more about K-League 1

The K League 1 is the top level of the South Korean football league pyramid. It was founded in 1983 as the Korean Super League, later renamed K League Classic and in 2018 renamed K League 1. It currently has twelve teams playing 33 fixtures each, then enter championship and relegation rounds.