K-League 1 match research: Gwangju against Daegu

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 15.Jul
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gwangju World Cup Stadium (44118 seats)

A home team triumph, the away team claims a mighty victory or a point each? It's all up in the air when the mid-table teams Gwangju and Daegu clash at Gwangju World Cup Stadium.

Insights:
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in K-League 1
  • Daegu have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) 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

5 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Gwangju have to build on here at Gwangju World Cup Stadium in the K-League 1.

The Gwangju manager Lee and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Jeju United (placed 7th).

Before that, Gwangju played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Gangwon.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gwangju have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Low on goals? In this team's last 10 league games, 8 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).

The Gwangju fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. Gwangju have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Daegu form and stats

4-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Daegu in their K-League 1 matches away.

Daegu delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Gangwon (placed 11th) in their previous fixture.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Jeju United with the score of 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Daegu have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

13 goals have been conceded by Daegu in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet this season, as the history books show this recent game: Gwangju - Daegu 0-2. Numbers for the prior ten meetings involving these two teams are: four wins for Gwangju, zero draws and six wins for Daegu. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

DaeguC. Silva dos Santos
C. Silva dos Santos
6 goals
GwangjuJ. Asani
J. Asani
5 goals

Gwangju missing players

Daegu missing players

Gwangju Daegu
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 11 22
8 5 0 Won W 2 4 8
6 2 1 Drew D 0 3 8
8 4 1 Lost L 0 4 6
27 15 0 Scored S 3 11 26
24 9 1 Conceded C 1 13 26
86% 82% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
73% 64% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 68%
27% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 36%
18% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 23%
14% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
36% 18% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 50%
36% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 36%
41% 55% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 23%
 
4.7 5.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.5 4
3.7 2.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.2 5
2 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 1.9 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.8 14.4 17 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.4 11.8
5 5.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.3
25% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 25% 28%
 
11.2 9.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 13 12.8
4.3 3.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 3.9 3.9
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Daegu have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) 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 22 17 2 3 46 23 11 8 2 1 27 14 11 9 0 2 19 9 23 53
2 Pohang Steelers 22 10 8 4 30 24 11 7 2 2 17 11 11 3 6 2 13 13 6 38
3 Seoul 22 10 6 6 40 25 11 6 4 1 23 10 11 4 2 5 17 15 15 36
4 Jeonbuk Motors 22 10 4 8 28 20 11 7 1 3 17 8 11 3 3 5 11 12 8 34
5 Daegu 22 8 8 6 26 26 11 4 5 2 15 13 11 4 3 4 11 13 0 32
6 Gwangju 22 8 6 8 27 24 11 5 2 4 15 9 11 3 4 4 12 15 3 30
7 Jeju United 22 8 6 8 29 28 11 3 4 4 12 14 11 5 2 4 17 14 1 30
8 Daejeon Citizen 22 7 9 6 34 35 11 4 4 3 15 16 11 3 5 3 19 19 -1 30
9 Incheon United 22 6 9 7 23 27 11 2 6 3 9 10 11 4 3 4 14 17 -4 27
10 Suwon 22 5 5 12 26 49 12 4 3 5 16 23 10 1 2 7 10 26 -23 20
11 Gangwon 22 2 9 11 13 26 10 1 3 6 7 14 12 1 6 5 6 12 -13 15
12 Suwon Bluewings 22 2 6 14 20 35 11 0 3 8 8 19 11 2 3 6 12 16 -15 12

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.