Lots of loss and gain for these two contenders so far this campaign, situated in positions near the center of the K-League 1 table. Here's the Daejeon Citizen - Daegu latest:
- Daejeon Citizen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Daegu have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in K-League 1
This could be an entertaining game with lots of action and energy as both sides are well refreshed since they last played a game. Game on!
Daejeon Citizen form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 K-League 1 games here at Daejeon World Cup Stadium for Daejeon Citizen. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Daejeon Citizen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Pohang Steelers (2-3). The defeat against Pohang Steelers was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Young-Joon). Jo was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.33 out of 10. The defender Jo scored one goal and won 5 of 8 duels.
Ahead of that match, Daejeon won a home game hosting Suwon (2-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Daejeon Citizen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Daejeon Citizen as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Daejeon Citizen has won 11 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Scoring bonanza? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this club has had three or more goals.
The manager Lee will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Jeju United in only four days.
Daejeon Citizen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Daejeon World Cup Stadium with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Daejeon have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Daegu form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Daegu playing as the away team in the K-League 1 this season. Daegu has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Daegu play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Gwangju (placed 9th). Defender Kim was the best team player with a rating of 8.33. Kim won 5 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Pohang Steelers.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Daegu playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 4 Daegu wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's latest 12 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The FA Cup trip to Suwon Bluewings.
8 goals have been conceded by Daegu in these games.
Head 2 Head
Daegu have avoided defeat in the last 5 games (4-1-0) versus Daejeon Citizen.This was the final score when the contenders met earlier this season; Daegu - Daejeon 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Pereira da Silva 4 goals | J. Lee 3 goals |
Daejeon Citizen missing players
Daegu missing players
| Daejeon Citizen | Daegu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 77% |
| 69% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 38% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 46% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 4.1 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 5.5 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 11 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 21 | 12 | 11.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 39% | 39% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 27% |
| 14.9 | 13 | 20 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12.7 | 12.8 |
| 6.3 | 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
- Daegu have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in K-League 1
- Daejeon Citizen have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Ulsan | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Seoul | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Pohang Steelers | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Daejeon Citizen | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Daegu | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Jeonbuk Motors | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Suwon | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 15 |
| 9 | Gwangju | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | Incheon United | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 10 |
| 12 | Suwon Bluewings | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 8 |
