Gwangju will cross fingers that their home advantage is enough to get a result from this strenuous battle, versus potent Jeonbuk Motors.
- Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals (51) in K-League 1
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Gwangju form and stats
Gwangju drew their last game, also a home match. Jeju United (placed 8th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Defender Aleksandar Andrejević got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Andrejević won 5 of 5 duels.
2-2 away at Suwon Bluewings before that.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gwangju as they are travelling to their away game against Ulsan in the K-League 1. That match is four days after this one.
Gwangju are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. From these home matches, Gwangju have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Jeonbuk Motors form and stats
Jeonbuk have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Bum-Keun Song. It's been 201 minutes since they last conceded in K-League 1.
Seung-Ho Paik scored in Jeonbuk Motors's previous match, the home game against Suwon Bluewings that ended 1-0. Midfielder Seung-Ho Paik was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Paik scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 51 successful passes (of 61 total).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Bangkok Glass (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties).A quick return to home after this game, as Jeonbuk are hosting Incheon United in the K-League 1 only four days away.
Jeonbuk has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 13 games. It's not easy to score on Jeonbuk as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Gwangju and Jeonbuk Motors have met previously this season: Jeonbuk Motors - Gwangju 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gwangju one win, two draws and Jeonbuk Motors seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Iljutcenko 13 goals |  G. da Silva Sousa 11 goals |  K. Han 8 goals |
Gwangju missing players
Jeonbuk Motors missing players
| Gwangju | Jeonbuk Motors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 28 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 10 | 20 | 51 |
| 34 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 77% | 90% |
| 64% | 57% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 62% | 72% |
| 36% | 21% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 31% | 45% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 31% | 34% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 15% | 21% |
| 43% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 54% | 55% |
| 21% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 31% | 34% |
| 43% | 43% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 21% |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.1 | 13.2 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.1 | 9.9 |
| 4 | 5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 25% | 21% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 43% | 38% |
- Jeonbuk Motors have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in K-League 1
- Jeonbuk Motors have the fewest conceded goals (29) in K-League 1
- Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals (51) in K-League 1
- Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in K-League 1
- Jeonbuk Motors have the the best goal difference (+22) in K-League 1
- Jeonbuk Motors have the the best goal difference (+9) away in K-League 1
- Jeonbuk Motors have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 47 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 55 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 51 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 54 |
| 3 | Daegu | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 44 |
| 4 | Suwon | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 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 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | -1 | 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 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -1 | 35 |
| 9 | Gwangju | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 21 | -6 | 30 |
| 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 |