AFC Champions League match preview: Sydney versus Jeonbuk Motors

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Thu 28.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

Jeonbuk Motors have traveled here for an interesting AFC Champions League fight against Sydney. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sydney and Jeonbuk Motors.

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Sydney form and stats

Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

4-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Sydney so far this season.

The club members hope that Sydney will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-3 away defeat in the AFC Champions League fixture against Yokohama F. Marinos. Yazbek (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.05/10. Yazbek hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 44 successful passes (of 54 total).

Erik lost again

Sydney are traveling soon after this match as the AFC Champions League match at Hoang Anh Gia Lai awaits in three days.

Sydney have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 20 goals in 12 league matches. Sydney have conceded 20 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Jeonbuk Motors form and stats

Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the quarter-finals.

3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Jeonbuk Motors playing as the away team in the K-League Classic this season.

Jeonbuk Motors have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Bum-Keun Song. It's been 197 minutes since they last conceded in K-League Classic.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Hoang Anh Gia Lai in their previous outing. The AFC Champions League fixture ended 1-1. The attacker Mun got a match rating of 7.7 in that game. Mun scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 30 successful passes (of 33 total).

A quick return to home after this game, as Jeonbuk Motors are hosting Yokohama F. Marinos in the AFC Champions League only three days away.

Jeonbuk are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the match result Jeonbuk Motors - Sydney 0-0 entered in the official records. Last three meetings between these contenders: Sydney won zero, Jeonbuk Motors were winners in one and we saw two draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

SydneyA. Le Fondre
A. Le Fondre
6 goals
SydneyA. Caceres
A. Caceres
5 goals
SydneyD. da Silva
D. da Silva
5 goals

Sydney missing players

Jeonbuk Motors missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sydney Jeonbuk Motors
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   13 25
8 5   Won W   8 14
7 4   Drew D   3 6
10 5   Lost L   2 5
35 23   Scored S   23 37
37 19   Conceded C   11 20
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
84% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 64%
56% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 32%
32% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 24%
20% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 12%
44% 57%   BTTS BTTS   46% 40%
24% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 48%
36% 21%   Failed to Score F T   8% 16%
 
6 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.8
4.2 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.2
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 2
2 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13.9 14.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 11.3
4.7 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.7
30% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 31%
 
11.8 10.6   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 9.8
4.7 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 9
2 Jeonbuk Motors 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 8
3 Hoang Anh Gia Lai 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 2
4 Sydney 4 0 2 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 -4 2
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Melbourne City 24 13 7 4 53 30 12 6 4 2 25 15 12 7 3 2 28 15 23 46
2 Western United 23 13 5 5 38 26 13 9 2 2 25 12 10 4 3 3 13 14 12 44
3 Melbourne Victory 24 11 9 4 35 23 12 5 5 2 19 12 12 6 4 2 16 11 12 42
4 Adelaide United 24 10 7 7 34 30 11 5 2 4 18 13 13 5 5 3 16 17 4 37
5 Wellington Phoenix 23 11 3 9 30 43 13 8 2 3 19 20 10 3 1 6 11 23 -13 36
6 Central Coast Mariners 23 9 6 8 44 35 11 6 3 2 24 16 12 3 3 6 20 19 9 33
7 Macarthur 24 9 5 10 37 43 11 6 2 3 20 17 13 3 3 7 17 26 -6 32
8 Sydney 24 8 7 9 35 37 12 4 4 4 20 20 12 4 3 5 15 17 -2 31
9 Newcastle Jets 23 7 4 12 41 40 12 6 1 5 28 18 11 1 3 7 13 22 1 25
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 23 6 7 10 27 34 12 4 5 3 14 13 11 2 2 7 13 21 -7 25
11 Brisbane Roar 23 6 5 12 26 34 11 5 2 4 16 14 12 1 3 8 10 20 -8 23
12 Perth Glory 24 3 5 16 17 42 11 1 3 7 5 14 13 2 2 9 12 28 -25 14
  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 9 7 2 0 15 5 5 4 1 0 9 3 4 3 1 0 6 2 10 23
2 Incheon United 9 5 3 1 10 6 6 2 3 1 6 5 3 3 0 0 4 1 4 18
3 Pohang Steelers 9 4 3 2 12 8 2 1 1 0 3 1 7 3 2 2 9 7 4 15
4 Jeonbuk Motors 9 4 2 3 10 7 4 1 1 2 2 3 5 3 1 1 8 4 3 14
5 Jeju United 9 3 4 2 8 8 6 1 3 2 3 5 3 2 1 0 5 3 0 13
6 Sangju Sangmu 9 3 3 3 12 9 3 2 1 0 6 3 6 1 2 3 6 6 3 12
7 Gangwon 9 2 4 3 10 10 6 2 1 3 6 6 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 10
8 Seoul 9 2 4 3 10 10 3 1 1 1 5 4 6 1 3 2 5 6 0 10
9 Suwon 9 3 1 5 13 15 3 2 0 1 10 9 6 1 1 4 3 6 -2 10
10 Daegu 9 2 2 5 10 15 5 2 1 2 6 6 4 0 1 3 4 9 -5 8
11 Suwon Bluewings 9 1 4 4 7 11 5 1 2 2 4 5 4 0 2 2 3 6 -4 7
12 Seongnam 9 1 2 6 7 20 6 0 2 4 2 12 3 1 0 2 5 8 -13 5

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 9
2 Jeonbuk Motors 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 8
3 Hoang Anh Gia Lai 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 2
4 Sydney 4 0 2 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 -4 2

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