A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Daegu fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Seoul's 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Daegu is in the best form (5-1-0)
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Daegu form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 K-League 1 games here at DGB Arena for Daegu. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. After failing to beat Seongnam here at DGB Arena, Daegu has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Daegu are confident in defense, having played 197 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Daegu's previous game was a K-League 1 match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Gangwon (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Cesinha, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.45 (out of 10). Cesinha hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 7 times.
Before that, Daegu had a FA Cup home game versus Gimhae City which ended with a victory 2-0.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 17 games) they have won eight times, drawn six and lost three.
Daegu has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Daegu are not conceding a lot of goals here at DGB Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Seoul form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Seoul so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Seoul, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Na Sang-Ho was the last player to score for the away team. Seoul haven't scored a league goal in the last 185 minutes.
The manager J. Park was unhappy after their last game, a K-League 1 match played at their home ground Seoul World Cup Stadium. Seoul suffered a 0-3 loss to Suwon Bluewings (placed 2nd). Midfielder Osmar Barba was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Barba hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 92 successful passes (of 99 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Gangwon.We have checked recent matches where Seoul have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, zero draws and four defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Seoul as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Seoul in these games.
Head 2 Head
Seoul - Daegu 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Daegu three wins, four draws and Seoul three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Silva dos Santos 5 goals | J. Kim 5 goals |  E. Bruno da Silva 4 goals |
Daegu missing players
Seoul missing players
| Daegu | Seoul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 19 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 89% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 61% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 67% |
| 44% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 53% |
| 17% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 13% |
| 17% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 7% |
| 50% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 47% |
| 44% | 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 17% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 40% |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.7 | 11.8 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 34% | 32% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 20% | 23% |
- Daegu is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 36 |
| 2 | Suwon Bluewings | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Daegu | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 4 | Jeonbuk Motors | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Pohang Steelers | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 6 | Jeju United | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Suwon | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 8 | Incheon United | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -10 | 20 |
| 9 | Seongnam | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 17 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Seoul | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Gwangju | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 14 |