Football betting preview: Gwangju vs Incheon United

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gwangju World Cup Stadium (44118 seats)

Gwangju want to get a lot of fans in for this match despite that the season has been gruelling up to now with 33 points and a 12th place in the K-League 1 table. Visiting Incheon United own 8th place with 40 pts.

Insights:
  • Gwangju have the fewest clean sheets (6) in K-League 1
  • Incheon United have the most conceded goals (28) away in K-League 1

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Gwangju form and stats

The story so far in the K-League 1 for Gwangju at their home stadium (Gwangju World Cup Stadium) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

No payout for Gwangju in their previous match, an away game at Seongnam that ended in defeat 0-1. Soon-min Lee (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.6/10. Lee hit two key passes and had 74 successful passes (of 84 total).

Before that match, a win away at Pohang Steelers.

The Gwangju fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 16 matches. On the other hand, Gwangju have conceded 18 goals. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Incheon United form and stats

As the visiting team in K-League 1 matches, Incheon United, who have the most conceded goals (28) away in K-League 1, have produced an overall stat of 5-2-9 so far. The last three matches for Incheon have all ended in a draw.

Incheon delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Pohang Steelers in their previous match; a K-League 1 game. Tae-heui Lee (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.12. Lee stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Gangwon.

Incheon have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 18 goals have been scored. Incheon have conceded 28 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the teams played each other previously this campaign; Gwangju - Incheon United 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings featuring these two teams are: four wins for Gwangju, three draws and three wins for Incheon United. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Incheon UnitedS. Mugoša
S. Mugoša
9 goals
Incheon UnitedH. Kim
H. Kim
7 goals
GwangjuW. Eom
W. Eom
5 goals

Gwangju missing players

Incheon United missing players

Gwangju Incheon United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
10 5 1 Won W 2 5 12
7 5 2 Drew D 3 4 10
20 8 2 Lost L 1 9 15
42 23 5 Scored S 6 20 37
51 24 5 Conceded C 5 30 44
95% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 86%
68% 67% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 62%
46% 39% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 56% 41%
22% 28% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 33% 19%
11% 17% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 11%
51% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 43%
16% 28% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 30%
38% 33% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 41%
 
3.6 4.2 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 2.8 3.1
5.2 4.6 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.3 4.5
1.8 1.3 0.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.9 12.4 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 8.4 8.4
4.1 4.9 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.6 3.3
28% 26% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 30%
 
11 9.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.4 11.9
3.7 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.9 4.4
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gwangju have the fewest clean sheets (6) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in K-League 1
  • Incheon United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Incheon United have the most conceded goals (28) away 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 Jeonbuk Motors 33 18 10 5 58 32 17 11 3 3 33 18 16 7 7 2 25 14 26 64
2 Ulsan 33 18 10 5 54 35 16 10 5 1 30 16 17 8 5 4 24 19 19 64
3 Daegu 33 13 10 10 37 37 16 7 6 3 19 15 17 6 4 7 18 22 0 49
4 Suwon Bluewings 33 12 9 12 41 40 17 5 5 7 21 25 16 7 4 5 20 15 1 45
5 Suwon 33 12 9 12 45 49 16 7 3 6 22 24 17 5 6 6 23 25 -4 45
6 Jeju United 33 9 16 8 41 40 16 5 6 5 21 24 17 4 10 3 20 16 1 43
7 Pohang Steelers 33 11 9 13 35 40 17 5 5 7 15 20 16 6 4 6 20 20 -5 42
8 Incheon United 33 11 7 15 33 42 17 6 5 6 15 14 16 5 2 9 18 28 -9 40
9 Seoul 33 9 10 14 37 40 17 4 5 8 18 22 16 5 5 6 19 18 -3 37
10 Gangwon 33 9 10 14 35 43 17 6 7 4 22 17 16 3 3 10 13 26 -8 37
11 Seongnam 33 9 10 14 30 40 16 6 4 6 16 18 17 3 6 8 14 22 -10 37
12 Gwangju 33 9 6 18 35 43 16 5 4 7 18 18 17 4 2 11 17 25 -8 33

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.