AFC Champions League betting and spectator preview: Jeonbuk Motors and Ulsan meet at Jeonju World Cup Stadium to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
This could be an exciting game with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Jeonbuk Motors form and stats
Last season, Jeonbuk's AFC Champions League journey ended in the group stage.Jeonbuk Motors are steadily winning K-League 1 games and points here at Jeonju World Cup Stadium. 11 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 17 games. 5W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the AFC Champions League for Jeonbuk Motors. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Bum-Keun Song not having conceded a league goal in 190 minutes.
A strong away win for Jeonbuk against Gangwon the last match, as Bo-kyung Kim were on target. The goalie Beom-keun Song was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.84 out of ten. Song stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Previous to that game, a K-League 1 home match hosting Incheon United in a game that was won 2-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Jeonbuk perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Jeonbuk Motors as a small favourite), we find four games. Jeonbuk Motors has won three of these, drawn zero and lost one.
The Jeonbuk fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 33 goals in 17 league matches. Jeonbuk's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Ulsan form and stats
Ulsan was sent out of AFC Champions League in the finals last season.The visitors are W8-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the K-League 1. When we have look at the AFC Champions League statistics, we find 6W-1D-0L. This is both home and away. Momentum is building for Ulsan in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
184 minutes! That's how long the Ulsan goalkeeper Hyun-Woo Cho and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Ulsan play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Suwon. Hyeon-woo Jo was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.83. The agile goalkeeper Jo stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Gwangju.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ulsan playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were two Ulsan wins, zero draws and one defeat.
Ulsan have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Ulsan have conceded 17 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (Jeonbuk Motors wins - draws - Ulsan wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Iljutcenko 13 goals |  G. da Silva Sousa 12 goals |  D. Lee 11 goals |
Jeonbuk Motors missing players
Ulsan missing players
| Jeonbuk Motors | Ulsan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 51 | 29 | Scored | S | 18 | 46 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 12% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.9 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 10 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 46% | ||
| 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 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 53 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 64 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 26 | 63 |
| 3 | Daegu | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 49 |
| 4 | Suwon | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 45 |
| 5 | Jeju United | 32 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Suwon Bluewings | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | -1 | 42 |
| 7 | Pohang Steelers | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | -4 | 42 |
| 8 | Incheon United | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 28 | -10 | 37 |
| 9 | Seoul | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 39 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 34 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | -6 | 34 |
| 11 | Seongnam | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -11 | 34 |
| 12 | Gwangju | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 22 | -12 | 29 |