It's game two of the K-League 1 season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Daegu-Gwangju!
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 Daegu and Gwangju.
Daegu form and stats
The first K-League 1 game here at DGB Arena resulted in a draw. Last season Daegu's home game statistics were 1 victory, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 2 games.
No payout for Daegu in their previous match, an away game at Incheon United that ended in defeat 1-2. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Suwon that ended 1-1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Daegu, as the K-League 1 home game vs Jeju United is only three days away.
Early season league goal statistics from Daegu's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Last season, Daegu's league statistics were 8 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the K-League 1. Over these 22 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 31. Playing at home last season Daegu managed 5-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 18 conceded.
Gwangju form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the K-League 1 ended in defeat. Last season Gwangju had these away match statistics: Played 3; won 0, drew 0 and lost 3.
Gwangju aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 274 league minutes without a goal. Kim Jeong-Hwan was the last player to find the net.
Gwangju failed to get anything from their last game, a K-League 1 home match vs Ulsan (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Suwon Bluewings's place.
After this away game Gwangju return home for a K-League 1 game against Jeonbuk Motors. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Gwangju has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Let's have a look at how Gwangju performed last season in the K League 2: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 7 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 15/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Daegu five wins, three draws and Gwangju two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Daegu missing players
Gwangju missing players
| Daegu | Gwangju | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Daegu | Last season | Gwangju | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 27 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 43 | 29 | Scored | S | 19 | 32 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Conceded | C | 26 | 46 | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 78% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 63% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 41% | ||
| 37% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 33% | ||
| 22% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 22% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 26% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 15% | ||
| 30% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11.9 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 38% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Ulsan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Suwon Bluewings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Jeju United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Daegu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Suwon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Seongnam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Incheon United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Gwangju | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Seoul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Gangwon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 60 |
| 2 | Ulsan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 57 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 50 |
| 4 | Sangju Sangmu | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 44 |
| 5 | Daegu | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 38 |
| 6 | Gwangju | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 25 |