Soccer betting preview: Daejeon Citizen welcomes Seoul in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 13.Aug
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Daejeon World Cup Stadium (41295 seats)

This has the potential to be an appealing fixture as Daejeon Citizen have their expected home advantage, while Seoul lead them by 5 points in the K-League 1 standings.

Insights:
  • Daejeon Citizen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Seoul have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in K-League 1

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.

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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 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Daejeon Citizen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Gwangju.

Ahead of that match, Daejeon won a home game hosting Daegu (1-0).

Daejeon Citizen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. Daejeon Citizen have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Seoul form and stats

As the visiting team in K-League 1 matches, Seoul have produced an overall stat of 4-3-5 so far.

Seoul played 2-2 against Pohang Steelers in their previous match.

A loss against Incheon United was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Lacking goals? 9 of this side's most recent 12 league matches have had two goals or less.

Seoul are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 12 away games so far. Seoul have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Funnily enough, the last time Seoul kept a "clean sheet" was also facing this opposition, six league matches ago (Seoul - Daejeon Citizen 0-0). Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Daejeon Citizen won one, Seoul triumphed in seven and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Daejeon CitizenT. Pereira da Silva
T. Pereira da Silva
7 goals
DaejeonKim In-Gyun
Kim In-Gyun
5 goals

Daejeon Citizen missing players

Seoul missing players

Daejeon Citizen Seoul
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 3 12 25
8 5 1 Won W 1 4 10
9 4 2 Drew D 1 3 8
8 3 0 Lost L 1 5 7
35 16 4 Scored S 3 18 43
40 16 3 Conceded C 2 16 29
88% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
76% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 80%
60% 58% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 52%
36% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 28%
20% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 16%
60% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 68%
20% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 24%
32% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 8% 12%
 
4.1 5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.7 5.2
5.3 4.7 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.2 4.6
2 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.6
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.1 12.3 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 11.8 13
4.2 4.3 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.7 4.7
33% 31% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 36%
 
13.3 11.9 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.7 10.8 10.4
6 4.8 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.5 3.5
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Daejeon Citizen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Seoul have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in K-League 1
  • Seoul 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 25 18 3 4 49 27 12 9 2 1 29 15 13 9 1 3 20 12 22 57
2 Pohang Steelers 25 12 9 4 38 29 13 9 2 2 23 14 12 3 7 2 15 15 9 45
3 Jeonbuk Motors 25 12 4 9 32 22 13 9 1 3 20 8 12 3 3 6 12 14 10 40
4 Seoul 25 10 8 7 43 29 13 6 5 2 25 13 12 4 3 5 18 16 14 38
5 Gwangju 25 10 7 8 32 25 13 6 3 4 19 10 12 4 4 4 13 15 7 37
6 Daegu 25 8 10 7 27 28 12 4 6 2 15 13 13 4 4 5 12 15 -1 34
7 Incheon United 25 8 9 8 26 29 12 3 6 3 11 10 13 5 3 5 15 19 -3 33
8 Daejeon Citizen 25 8 9 8 35 40 12 5 4 3 16 16 13 3 5 5 19 24 -5 33
9 Jeju United 25 8 7 10 33 35 12 3 5 4 13 15 13 5 2 6 20 20 -2 31
10 Suwon 25 6 5 14 28 51 13 4 3 6 16 24 12 2 2 8 12 27 -23 23
11 Suwon Bluewings 25 4 6 15 25 39 13 1 3 9 11 22 12 3 3 6 14 17 -14 18
12 Gangwon 25 2 11 12 16 30 12 1 4 7 9 17 13 1 7 5 7 13 -14 17

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.