K-League 1 match prediction: Little separates Busan I'Park and Seongnam in quality

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 27.June
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Busan Gudeok Stadium (24363 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the K-League 1, Busan I'Park holding 10th place and Seongnam lying 9th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Busan I'Park form and stats

0-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League 1 numbers at home for Busan I'Park so far this season. Three draws in a row here at Busan Gudeok Stadium for I'Park, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

I'Park enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Incheon United's place. The match ended 1-0. In the match before that, I'Park hosted Daegu and drew the game 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 I'Park have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost zero.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for I'Park, as the FA Cup home game vs Hwaseong is only four days away.

I'Park has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. On the other hand, I'Park have conceded 5 goals.

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Seongnam form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Seongnam playing as the away team in the K-League 1 this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for Seongnam who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Seoul was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Seongnam have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 303 minutes ago. Yang Dong-Hyen was the goal scorer.

Seongnam might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sangju Sangmu proved too strong as Seongnam slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Seongnam Tancheon Sports Complex. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Suwon Bluewings.

Seongnam were so close to getting something from the game against Sangju Sangmu, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Seongnam playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were five Seongnam wins, three draws and six defeats.

After this away game Seongnam return home for a FA Cup game against Asan Mugunghwa. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Seongnam have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 4 games. Seongnam are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

Busan I'Park-Seongnam H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Busan I'Park three wins, Seongnam four wins, three draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Busan I'ParkR. Pacheco da Silva
R. Pacheco da Silva
3 goals
I'ParkJ. Lee
J. Lee
3 goals
SeongnamD. Yang
D. Yang
3 goals

Busan I'Park missing players

Seongnam missing players

Busan I'Park Seongnam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 1 4 8
1 0 0 Won W 1 2 2
4 3 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 4
7 4 0 Scored S 1 4 5
11 5 0 Conceded C 0 2 7
88% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
75% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
38% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 12%
25% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 25%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 38%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 50%
 
4.4 5.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 4.2
5.1 4.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.8 4.5
2.2 2.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
69 32 0 Total Shots T S 6 38 59
21 10 0 Shots on Target S O 4 17 21
33% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 24% 24%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Busan I'Park have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Busan I'Park have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Busan I'Park have yet to win a game at home.
  • Seongnam has the fewest conceded goals (2) away
  • Seongnam has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
  • Seongnam have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Seongnam haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Jeonbuk Motors 8 7 0 1 13 4 4 4 0 0 5 0 4 3 0 1 8 4 9 21
2 Ulsan 8 6 2 0 19 4 3 2 1 0 6 1 5 4 1 0 13 3 15 20
3 Sangju Sangmu 8 4 2 2 9 10 4 3 0 1 6 4 4 1 2 1 3 6 -1 14
4 Daegu 8 3 4 1 15 8 4 2 2 0 11 3 4 1 2 1 4 5 7 13
5 Pohang Steelers 8 4 1 3 15 12 5 2 0 3 6 8 3 2 1 0 9 4 3 13
6 Gangwon 8 3 2 3 9 12 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 1 1 2 4 7 -3 11
7 Gwangju 8 3 1 4 7 8 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 1 0 3 1 3 -1 10
8 Suwon Bluewings 8 2 2 4 8 10 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 1 1 2 3 4 -2 8
9 Seongnam 8 2 2 4 5 7 4 0 1 3 1 5 4 2 1 1 4 2 -2 8
10 Busan I'Park 8 1 4 3 7 11 4 0 3 1 4 5 4 1 1 2 3 6 -4 7
11 Seoul 8 2 0 6 5 18 4 1 0 3 2 7 4 1 0 3 3 11 -13 6
12 Incheon United 8 0 2 6 3 11 4 0 1 3 2 7 4 0 1 3 1 4 -8 2

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.