Daejeon Citizen are flying at 3rd, while Jeju United are dragging their feet 6 points behind in the standings. Will they cut the gap?
- Daejeon Citizen have not yet lost a game at home.
- Daejeon Citizen have scored more than double the goals of Jeju United.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Daejeon Citizen form and stats
The story so far in the K-League 1 for Daejeon Citizen at their home stadium (Daejeon World Cup Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Daejeon Citizen after consecutive victories at their own ground.
A strong away win for Daejeon against Jeonbuk Motors the last match, as Lee and Krivotsyuk were on target. The victory against Jeonbuk Motors came after Lee's winning goal. The Daejeon Citizen manager Lee was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 63rd minute.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Daegu (0-1).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Daejeon have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won 11, drawn 3 and lost 3.
A decent goal production from Daejeon Citizen in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. From these home matches, Daejeon Citizen have conceded only 3 goals.
Jeju United form and stats
Playing away, Jeju United have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the K-League 1 this season. Jeju have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
It's the second away game in a row for Jeju United, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Gwangju (placed 5th) last time out. Seo came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Gwangju last time out, making the manager Nam feel like a tactical genius.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Jeonbuk Motors.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Jeju United playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 6 Jeju United wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
Jeju find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Jeju United as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these sides: Daejeon Citizen won three, Jeju United triumphed in five and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Pereira da Silva 4 goals | J. Lee 3 goals |  I. Reis Silva Morais 3 goals |
Daejeon Citizen missing players
Jeju United missing players
| Daejeon Citizen | Jeju United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 89% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 56% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 22% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 11.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.4 | 12.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 44% | 47% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 18% |
| 14.3 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.8 | 12.8 |
| 5.9 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 5 |
- Daejeon Citizen have not yet lost a game at home.
- Daejeon Citizen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Daejeon Citizen have scored more than double the goals of Jeju United.
- Jeju 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Daejeon Citizen | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Seoul | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Gwangju | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Suwon | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 7 | Jeju United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Jeonbuk Motors | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Daegu | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Incheon United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Suwon Bluewings | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 2 |
