Can Gwangju outperform Daegu in Gwangju World Cup Stadium clash?

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gwangju World Cup Stadium (44118 seats)

Welcome to K-League 1 and Gwangju - Daegu. In this preview you'll get numbers, scores, analysis, trends and stories!

Insights:
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in K-League 1
  • Daegu have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in K-League 1

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gwangju and Daegu.

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Gwangju form and stats

2-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League 1 numbers at home for Gwangju so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager Lee led his Gwangju to a defeat away at Seoul. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Gwangju World Cup Stadium.

In the match before that, Gwangju hosted Daejeon Citizen and drew the game 0-0.

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 Gwangju have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 0 and lost 1.

It should be considered that a look at the 12 latest league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Gwangju are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Gwangju have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Daegu form and stats

There's been little loot from Daegu's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the K-League 1. Daegu only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.

There were no winners in Daegu's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Pohang Steelers (placed 4th).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Ulsan.

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.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Daegu have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have fought earlier this season: Daegu - Gwangju 3-4. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Gwangju won four, Daegu were winners in five and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

GwangjuJ. Asani
J. Asani
4 goals
DaeguC. Silva dos Santos
C. Silva dos Santos
3 goals

Gwangju missing players

Daegu missing players

Gwangju Daegu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 6 12
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
2 2 1 Drew D 1 3 5
6 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
14 7 5 Scored S 1 5 13
15 3 0 Conceded C 1 8 17
83% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
67% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 75%
33% 17% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 33%
25% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 17%
17% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
42% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
50% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
4.7 5.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.5 4.2
3.8 3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.5 4.2
1.8 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 2.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.7 15.5 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 21 12.7 12.2
5.1 6.5 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.2 4.2
23% 18% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 20% 25%
 
11.6 10.7 13 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.8 12.8
4.8 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.5 3.9
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Daegu have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the most clean sheets (4) at home in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in K-League 1

  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 12 10 1 1 23 9 6 5 1 0 12 5 6 5 0 1 11 4 14 31
2 Seoul 12 7 2 3 25 14 6 4 1 1 13 6 6 3 1 2 12 8 11 23
3 Daejeon Citizen 12 6 3 3 20 18 6 4 1 1 9 7 6 2 2 2 11 11 2 21
4 Pohang Steelers 12 5 5 2 16 13 6 3 2 1 8 6 6 2 3 1 8 7 3 20
5 Jeju United 12 6 2 4 15 12 6 2 1 3 6 8 6 4 1 1 9 4 3 20
6 Suwon 12 4 3 5 15 19 7 4 1 2 12 10 5 0 2 3 3 9 -4 15
7 Jeonbuk Motors 12 4 2 6 14 12 6 2 1 3 7 6 6 2 1 3 7 6 2 14
8 Gwangju 12 4 2 6 14 15 6 2 2 2 7 3 6 2 0 4 7 12 -1 14
9 Daegu 12 3 5 4 13 17 6 2 2 2 8 9 6 1 3 2 5 8 -4 14
10 Incheon United 12 3 3 6 11 18 6 1 3 2 6 7 6 2 0 4 5 11 -7 12
11 Gangwon 12 2 4 6 7 14 5 1 1 3 4 7 7 1 3 3 3 7 -7 10
12 Suwon Bluewings 12 1 2 9 9 21 6 0 1 5 4 12 6 1 1 4 5 9 -12 5

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.