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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Wed 03.November
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gwangju World Cup Stadium (44118 seats)

Gwangju are yearning to add to their goals scored at their own ground in this upcoming match versus Seoul.

Insights:
  • Gwangju have the fewest clean sheets (6) 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 Seoul.

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Gwangju form and stats

5-3-8 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League 1 numbers at home for Gwangju so far this season.

Gwangju drew their last game, also a home match. Gangwon was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Yool Heo was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Gangwon after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? The striker Jong-uh Kim was declared "man of the match" for Gwangju with a rating of 7.61/10. Kim hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 41 successful passes (of 48 total).

Before that match, a win away at Suwon.

There will be little rest for Gwangju after this match as they are travelling to Pohang Steelers for a K-League 1 game in only four days.

Gwangju are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 16 games. Gwangju have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Seoul form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L6 on the road this term. That's in the K-League 1.

Seoul are travelling again after losing away to Incheon United in their previous match (0-2). Goalkeeper Han-been Yang got the top player rating of the team with 7.32/10. Yang stopped the opponent with four saves.

Prior to that result Seoul won their away game at Gangwon. The scoreline was 4-1.

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

Seoul have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 19 goals have been scored. 18 goals have been conceded by Seoul in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Seoul - Gwangju 1-0. Last ten meetings involving these contenders: Gwangju won one, Seoul triumphed in seven and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SeoulS. Na
S. Na
9 goals
SeoulY. Cho
Y. Cho
6 goals
SeoulA. Paločević
A. Paločević
6 goals

Gwangju missing players

Seoul missing players

Gwangju Seoul
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 4 17 34
9 5 2 Won W 1 5 9
6 4 2 Drew D 2 5 10
19 8 0 Lost L 1 7 15
36 19 7 Scored S 5 19 37
47 22 3 Conceded C 3 20 42
94% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 91%
68% 65% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 65%
47% 41% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 29% 41%
21% 24% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 18%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 18% 12%
47% 41% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 50%
18% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 24% 24%
41% 41% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 35%
 
3.7 4.3 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.8 4.4
5.2 4.5 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.5 3.8
1.8 1.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
9.6 12.4 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 9 10.1
4 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 3.9
26% 23% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 29% 28%
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 (24) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the the worst goal difference (-11) 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 Jeju United 33 10 15 8 43 39 16 5 6 5 21 24 17 5 9 3 22 15 4 45
5 Suwon Bluewings 33 12 9 12 41 40 17 5 5 7 21 25 16 7 4 5 20 15 1 45
6 Suwon 33 12 9 12 45 49 16 7 3 6 22 24 17 5 6 6 23 25 -4 45
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 5 19 34 45 16 5 3 8 17 20 17 4 2 11 17 25 -11 32

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.