K-League 1 preview: Can Daegu edge out victory against Sangju Sangmu?

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)

Sangju Sangmu have reset their minds and bodies after their 1-2-game vs Ulsan and are looking forward to face Daegu. Here's all the details!

Insights:
  • Daegu is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Sangju Sangmu have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in K-League 1

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

L L L L L

Daegu form and stats

Daegu have collected 19 points from their K-League 1 home games so far after 5-4-4. When Daegu hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Seongnam, Daegu and Suwon Bluewings), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

Jin-Hyuk was the last player to score a league goal for Daegu and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Daegu haven't scored in 184 minutes.

Daegu's previous game was also a home event, the loss 1-2 versus Jeonbuk Motors (in AFC Champions League). The striker Zeca outshone all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.41 out of 10. Zeca scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A K-League 1 defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Ulsan.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Daegu have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Daegu has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. On the other hand, Daegu have conceded 14 goals.

L L W L D

Sangju Sangmu form and stats

Sangju Sangmu have only collected 11 points from their away games in the K-League 1, after 2-5-6 (13 played).

Sangju Sangmu might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Ulsan proved too strong as Sangju slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Sangju Stadium. Midfielder Kim was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.31. Kim scored one goal and had 31 successful passes (of 38 total).

A 1-2 loss hosting Seoul before that.

Sangju Sangmu are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

The visiting Sangju Sangmu have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Sangju have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. When Sangju Sangmu is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Seongnam, Sangju Sangmu and Suwon Bluewings.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the contenders faced each other earlier this season; Sangju Sangmu - Daegu 1-1. Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Daegu won three games, four matches ended in a draw and Sangju Sangmu managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

Sangju SangmuK. Cho
K. Cho
13 goals
DaeguJ. Ko
J. Ko
9 goals
DaeguC. Silva dos Santos
C. Silva dos Santos
6 goals

Daegu missing players

Sangju Sangmu missing players

Daegu Sangju Sangmu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 27
5 5 2 Won W 2 2 6
12 4 0 Drew D 1 5 8
10 4 1 Lost L 1 6 13
33 19 7 Scored S 8 17 33
39 14 3 Conceded C 3 18 34
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 93%
81% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 70%
48% 54% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 54% 44%
30% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 38% 26%
7% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 15%
63% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 56%
22% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 23% 22%
22% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 30%
 
3.8 3.7 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.1 3.9
4.8 4.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.5 5.3
2.4 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 1.8 1.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.1 9.5 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9.7 10.1
3.7 3.8 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.8 4.2
33% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 34% 29%
 
10.1 9.1 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 12.1 11.7
4.1 3.2 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 4.3
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Daegu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Daegu have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in K-League 1
  • Daegu is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Sangju Sangmu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sangju Sangmu have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) 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 27 17 7 3 43 23 14 9 4 1 24 12 13 8 3 2 19 11 20 58
2 Jeonbuk Motors 27 14 7 6 34 25 13 4 6 3 14 14 14 10 1 3 20 11 9 49
3 Pohang Steelers 27 12 8 7 36 28 14 7 5 2 19 10 13 5 3 5 17 18 8 44
4 Incheon United 27 10 11 6 35 30 13 5 5 3 17 12 14 5 6 3 18 18 5 41
5 Jeju United 27 11 7 9 37 32 14 5 5 4 20 15 13 6 2 5 17 17 5 40
6 Seoul 27 9 9 9 34 32 13 5 3 5 17 15 14 4 6 4 17 17 2 36
7 Suwon 27 10 6 11 43 44 14 6 2 6 31 30 13 4 4 5 12 14 -1 36
8 Gangwon 27 9 6 12 37 42 14 7 2 5 21 18 13 2 4 7 16 24 -5 33
9 Suwon Bluewings 27 7 9 11 25 33 13 5 5 3 13 9 14 2 4 8 12 24 -8 30
10 Daegu 27 5 12 10 33 39 13 5 4 4 19 14 14 0 8 6 14 25 -6 27
11 Sangju Sangmu 27 6 8 13 33 34 14 4 3 7 16 16 13 2 5 6 17 18 -1 26
12 Seongnam 27 4 6 17 25 53 13 1 4 8 11 28 14 3 2 9 14 25 -28 18

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.