Daejeon Citizen vs Incheon United match preview: Even contest expected at Daejeon World Cup Stadium

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 04.June
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Daejeon World Cup Stadium (41295 seats)

Welcome to K-League 1 and Daejeon Citizen - Incheon United. In this guide you'll get numbers, previous results, numbercrunching, trends and news!

Insights:
  • Daejeon Citizen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Incheon United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Daejeon Citizen and Incheon United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Daejeon Citizen form and stats

When playing at home in the K-League 1, Daejeon Citizen have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.

Daejeon Citizen travelled for their previous game, a trip to Ulsan that ended 3-3. A disappointing finish for Daejeon in their match versus Ulsan as their 3-1 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score.

Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Jeju United in the FA Cup.

Goal fest? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league matches with this club has seen three goals or more.

The manager Lee will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Gangwon in only three days.

Daejeon Citizen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Daejeon Citizen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Incheon United form and stats

Incheon United have only collected 7 points from their away games in the K-League 1, after 2-1-4 (7 played). With three draws in a row for Incheon United the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

Incheon has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Daegu for a 2-2 draw. The draw against Daegu came from a losing position. The Incheon United manager Cho brought on Hong as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Sin was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Sin scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 63 successful passes (of 64 total).

Before that one, the victory at home against Gyeongnam in the FA Cup (3-0).

Low-scoring game? 9 of this club's last 11 league rounds have contained two goals or less.

After this away game Incheon return home for a K-League 1 game against Seoul. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Incheon United struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Incheon United have put together a streak of 7 consecutive games without losing (6-1-0) when facing Daejeon Citizen.

These sides faced each other earlier this match year: Incheon United - Daejeon Citizen 3-3.

Top Goalscorers

Daejeon CitizenT. Pereira da Silva
T. Pereira da Silva
4 goals
DaejeonM. Ishida
M. Ishida
4 goals
Daejeon CitizenJ. Lee
J. Lee
3 goals

Daejeon Citizen missing players

Incheon United missing players

Daejeon Citizen Incheon United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
6 4 2 Won W 0 2 3
4 1 0 Drew D 1 1 6
5 2 0 Lost L 2 4 6
25 9 4 Scored S 2 7 14
25 8 1 Conceded C 9 13 21
87% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 87%
73% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
67% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 33%
40% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 29% 27%
33% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 13%
60% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 33%
20% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 33%
33% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 43% 47%
 
4.3 5.9 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.9 6.4
5.7 5 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.7 5.1
1.9 1.9 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.2 11.9 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 12.6 13.3
4.5 4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.6 4.6
37% 32% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 28% 20%
 
14.7 12.1 15 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.6 11.1
6.4 4.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 6 4.7
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • All of Incheon United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Daejeon Citizen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Incheon United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Incheon United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Incheon United 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 Ulsan 16 12 2 2 32 18 8 6 2 0 18 10 8 6 0 2 14 8 14 38
2 Jeju United 16 8 4 4 25 16 8 3 2 3 10 11 8 5 2 1 15 5 9 28
3 Seoul 15 8 3 4 29 18 8 5 2 1 15 7 7 3 1 3 14 11 11 27
4 Pohang Steelers 16 7 6 3 22 19 8 5 2 1 12 8 8 2 4 2 10 11 3 27
5 Daejeon Citizen 15 6 4 5 25 25 7 4 1 2 9 8 8 2 3 3 16 17 0 22
6 Jeonbuk Motors 16 6 3 7 19 14 8 4 1 3 12 7 8 2 2 4 7 7 5 21
7 Gwangju 16 6 3 7 21 20 8 3 2 3 11 7 8 3 1 4 10 13 1 21
8 Daegu 15 5 6 4 18 19 7 2 3 2 10 11 8 3 3 2 8 8 -1 21
9 Suwon 16 5 3 8 18 30 9 4 1 4 12 17 7 1 2 4 6 13 -12 18
10 Incheon United 15 3 6 6 14 21 8 1 5 2 7 8 7 2 1 4 7 13 -7 15
11 Gangwon 16 2 6 8 9 19 7 1 2 4 4 9 9 1 4 4 5 10 -10 12
12 Suwon Bluewings 16 2 2 12 15 28 8 0 1 7 7 17 8 2 1 5 8 11 -13 8

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.