Match sneak peek for K-League 1: Gwangju - Jeju United at Gwangju World Cup Stadium

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gwangju World Cup Stadium (44118 seats)

Here's every single thing you should know, and a little bit more, ahead of the Gwangju - Jeju United fixture!

Insights:
  • Jeju United have the most clean sheets (7) away in K-League 1

Both sides have had adequate rest since their previous competitive action. Let's look for an in-your-face match!

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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, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Gwangju has recorded two wins in a row here at Gwangju World Cup Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The home team returns to Gwangju World Cup Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Suwon Bluewings (placed 6th) on their last time out; the K-League 1 game ended 2-2. The forward Yool Heo was announced as "man of the match" for Gwangju with a rating of 7.13/10. Heo scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Before that, Gwangju had a home game versus Seongnam which ended with a victory 2-0.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Gwangju as they have a new game in only three days, a K-League 1 match thankfully also at home. Jeonbuk Motors are visiting.

Gwangju has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. From these home matches, Gwangju have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Jeju United form and stats

3 wins, 8 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Jeju United playing as the away team in the K-League 1 this season.

Jeju play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Incheon United (placed 7th). Chang-min Lee got a match rating of 8.34 in that game, top player of the team. Lee scored one goal and hit one key pass. The end of the last match, against Incheon United, was very satisfying as Chang-min Lee scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Seoul.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Daegu in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Jeju as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Jeju as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Gwangju and Jeju United have faced each other earlier this season: Gwangju - Jeju United 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Gwangju victories, five draws and three Jeju United wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jeju UnitedM. Joo
M. Joo
14 goals
GwangjuJ. Kim
J. Kim
4 goals
GwangjuJ. Kim
J. Kim
3 goals

Gwangju missing players

Jeju United missing players

Gwangju Jeju United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 3 14 27
8 5 2 Won W 1 3 7
5 3 0 Drew D 2 8 13
14 5 2 Lost L 0 3 7
27 14 6 Scored S 3 13 30
33 12 6 Conceded C 2 11 31
93% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 64% 81%
63% 54% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 67%
37% 23% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 48%
15% 15% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 22%
7% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
41% 31% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 63%
22% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 33%
44% 46% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 22%
 
3.8 4.5 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.9 4.5
5 4.5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 3.8 3.9
1.9 1.5 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.1 13.4 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 10.7 10.9
4 5.1 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.7 4
25% 21% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 25% 28%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Jeju United have the most clean sheets (7) 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 Ulsan 28 15 10 3 46 30 15 9 5 1 29 16 13 6 5 2 17 14 16 55
2 Jeonbuk Motors 28 14 9 5 50 29 15 9 3 3 30 18 13 5 6 2 20 11 21 51
3 Suwon 28 11 8 9 40 40 13 6 3 4 18 17 15 5 5 5 22 23 0 41
4 Daegu 28 11 8 9 33 33 13 6 5 2 17 12 15 5 3 7 16 21 0 41
5 Pohang Steelers 28 10 9 9 29 30 14 5 5 4 12 13 14 5 4 5 17 17 -1 39
6 Suwon Bluewings 28 9 9 10 35 35 15 4 5 6 18 21 13 5 4 4 17 14 0 36
7 Incheon United 27 10 6 11 32 37 14 6 5 3 15 11 13 4 1 8 17 26 -5 36
8 Jeju United 27 7 13 7 30 31 13 4 5 4 17 20 14 3 8 3 13 11 -1 34
9 Gwangju 27 8 5 14 27 33 13 5 3 5 14 12 14 3 2 9 13 21 -6 29
10 Seongnam 28 6 10 12 23 34 14 4 4 6 12 17 14 2 6 6 11 17 -11 28
11 Gangwon 25 6 9 10 26 30 12 4 6 2 16 9 13 2 3 8 10 21 -4 27
12 Seoul 28 6 8 14 28 37 14 3 3 8 15 20 14 3 5 6 13 17 -9 26

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.